fledgyadj.
/ˈflɛdʒi/ a. Of wings: Furnished with feathers, feathered.
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 9 Hee flitters swiftly with wynges ful fledgye beplumed.
b. Of young bees: Ready to fly. Obsolete.
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the world > animals > invertebrates > phylum Arthropoda > class Insecta > order Hymenoptera > [adjective] > belonging to division Petiolata > belonging to division Anthophila > of or belonging to bees > ready to fly
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1582 R. Stanyhurst tr. Virgil First Foure Bookes Æneis i. 12 They [sc. bees] do foorth carry theyre yoong swarme fledggie to gathring.
2. Covered with feathers, feathery.
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the world > animals > birds > feather > [adjective]
featheredc1300
penneda1398
well-feathered1525
well-plumed1575
plumy1590
feathery1637
well-fledged1650
pennigerous1656
plumigerous1656
penniferous1722
flighted1735
plumaged1777
fledgy1818
plumulose1826
1818 J. Keats Staffa 41 Where a fledgy sea-bird choir Soars for ever!
a1821 J. Keats Otho ii. ii, in R. M. Milnes Life, Lett. & Lit. Remains Keats (1848) II. 147 The swan, soft leaning on her fledgy breast.
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