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Noun: mademoiselle (mesdemoiselles)  ,ma-du-mu'zel or ,mad-mwu'zel
  1. A young unmarried French-speaking woman
     
  2. Small silvery drumfish often mistaken for white perch; found along coasts of United States from New York to Mexico
    - 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