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- Dictionaryfledgling/ˈflɛdʒlɪŋ/
noun
- 1. a young bird that has just fledged.
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The meaning of FLEDGLING is a young bird just fledged. How to use fledgling in a sentence.
FLEDGLING definition: 1. a young bird that has grown feathers and is learning to fly 2. new and without experience: 3. a…. Learn more.
FLEDGLING meaning: 1. a young bird that has grown feathers and is learning to fly 2. new and without experience: 3. a…. Learn more.
noun. a young bird that has just fledged. a young and inexperienced or untried person, organization or system. fledgling. / flĕj ′ lĭng /. A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.
A fledgling is a fuzzy baby bird just learning to fly, or someone (like a baby bird) who's brand new at doing something.
fledg·ling. also fledge·ling (flĕj′lĭng) n. 1. A young bird that has left the nest and has usually acquired flight feathers, but is often not yet able to fly. 2. A young or inexperienced person. adj. New and untried or inexperienced: a fledgling enterprise.
You use fledgling to describe a person, organization, or system that is new or without experience. ...the sound practical advice he gave to fledgling writers. ...the editorial director at a fledgling online publisher.