fledgling has definitions from the field of zoology
1
[ noun ] any new participant in some activity

Used in print

(Gerald Green, The Heartless Light....)

By comparison , Fritzie and Laura_Andrus were quivering fledglings .

Related terms

novice recruit originate

2
[ adjective ] young and inexperienced

Synonyms

unfledged

Examples

"a fledgling enterprise" "a fledgling skier" "an unfledged lawyer"

Used in print

(The Providence Journal...)

This is when his troubles begin , not_to_mention a fledgling artist who he hires , and who turns_out to have ideas of his own , with particular respect_to the hero 's sweetheart secretary .

Related terms

inexperienced

3
[ adjective ] of a young bird just having acquired its flight feathers

Synonyms

fledgeling

Examples

"a fledgling robin"

Used in print

(Helen Hooven Santmyer, "There Were Fences"...)

Dead fledgling birds , their squashed looking nakedness and the odor of decay that clung_to the hand when they had been buried in our graveyard in_front_of the purple flags .

Related terms

fledged

4
[ noun ] (zoology) young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying

Synonyms

fledgeling

Related terms

young_bird

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