ETYM Old Eng. damosel, damesel, damisel, damsel, from Old Fren. damoisele, damisele, gentlewoman, French demoiselle young lady.
A young unmarried woman; SYN. demoiselle, damoiselle, damosel, damozel.

ETYM Old Eng. girle, gerle, gurle, a girl: cf. LG. gör child.
1. A friendly informal reference to a grown woman.
2. A young woman; SYN. miss, missy, young lady, young woman, fille.

1. An unmarried woman; a girl or woman who has not experienced sexual intercourse; a virgin; a maid.
2. A female servant.
3. A former Scottish beheading device resembling the guillotine

Slender non-stinging insect similar to but smaller than the dragonfly but having wings folded when at rest.
Long, slender, colorful dragonfly of the suborder Zygoptera, with two pairs of similar wings that are generally held vertically over the body when at rest, unlike those of other dragonflies.

Any of numerous insects of the order Odonata, including the damselfly. They all have long narrow bodies, two pairs of almost equal-sized, glassy wings with a network of veins; short, bristlelike antennae; powerful, “toothed” mouthparts; and very large compound eyes which may have up to 30,000 facets. They hunt other insects by sight, both as adults and as aquatic nymphs.
The largest species have a wingspan of 18 cm/7 in, but fossils related to dragonflies with wings up to 70 cm/2.3 ft across have been found.
Slender-bodied non-stinging insect having iridescent wings that are outspread at rest; adults and nymphs feed on mosquitoes etc.; SYN. snake doctor, mosquito hawk, skeeter hawk. dragon-fly + prikaži više