Noun: mademoiselle (mesdemoiselles) ,ma-du-mu'zel or ,mad-mwu'zel
- A young unmarried French-speaking woman
"The mademoiselle greeted us at the reception desk"
- Small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
"The mademoiselle's shiny scales glinted in the shallow water";
- silver perch, Bairdiella chrysoura
Derived forms: mesdemoiselles
Type of: drum, drumfish, fille, girl, miss, missy [informal], young lady, young woman
Part of: Bairdiella, genus Bairdiella
Encyclopedia: Mademoiselle