Fledgling
['fledʒlɪŋ] or ['flɛdʒlɪŋ]
Definition
(noun.) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying.
(adj.) young and inexperienced; 'a fledgling enterprise'; 'a fledgling skier'; 'an unfledged lawyer' .
(adj.) (of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers; 'a fledgling robin' .
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. Young bird.
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Examples
- You little thought, said Mr. Pumblechook, apostrophizing the fowl in the dish, when you was a young fledgling, what was in store for you. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
- The truth was, it was a base fraud--a snare to trap the unwary--chaff to catch fledglings with. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
- She brought her young husband home one day, and they and their young fledglings have their nest upstairs. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
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