fledglingnoun [ C ]
also fledgeling uk/ˈfledʒ.lɪŋ/us/ˈfledʒ.lɪŋ/a young bird that has grown feathers and is learning to fly
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Animal young
- baby
- bugger
- calf
- calves
- chick
- colt
- cub
- foal
- frogspawn
- fry
- gosling
- heifer
- joey
- litter
- owlet
- peachick
- piglet
- pup
- puppy
- spawn
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Birds - general words
fledglingadjective [ before noun ]
also fledgeling uk/ˈfledʒ.lɪŋ/us/ˈfledʒ.lɪŋ/new and without experience:
The current economic climate is particularly difficult for fledgling businesses.
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Inexperienced (of people)
- armchair
- be new to this game idiom
- be wet behind the ears idiom
- dewy-eyed
- game
- green
- impressionable
- innocence
- innocent
- new
- raw
- rouseabout
- rubbish
- the uninitiated
- uninformed
- unrefined
- unsophisticated
- untrained
- untutored
- wet
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