fledgelessadj.
/ˈflɛdʒlɪs/ Unfledged.
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the world > animals > birds > young bird > [adjective] > unfledged or not fully fledged
featherlessc1460
implumec1540
callow1567
unfledge1581
unplumed1598
implumed1604
unfledgeda1616
pin-feathered1641
squab1706
implumous1755
fledgeless1769
callowy1823
the world > action or operation > behaviour > customary or habitual mode of behaviour > unaccustomedness or state of disuse > [adjective] > not used or accustomed > not used or experienced
youngOE
inexpertc1450
unfleshed1542
green1548
fresha1557
callow1580
pen-feathered1598
puisne1598
puny1602
unfledgeda1616
inexperienced1626
pin-feathered1641
sucking1648
infledgeda1661
inexperient1670
fledgeless1769
wet behind the ears1851
1769 J. Gerrard in Monthly Rev. 42 185 For me his hand the fledgeless dove betray'd.
1806 J. Grahame Birds Scotl. 602 In seven days more expect the fledgeless young.
1859 Ld. Lytton Wanderer (ed. 2) 97 The fledgeless nurslings of Regret.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1896; most recently modified version published online March 2018).
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adj.1769- transferrers
- transferrin
- transferring
- transferrins
- transferrotype
- transfers
- transfertable
- transferticket
- transferwork
- transfigurate
- transfigurating
- transfiguration
- transfigurations
- transfigurative
- transfigure
- transfigured
- transfigurement
- transfigurements
- transfigures
- transfiguring
- transfinalization
- transfinite
- transfinitely
- transfission
- transfisticate