D defs.my
Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

fledgling

· IPA /ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/
01 adj. having just acquired its flight feathers; -- of a young bird; as, a fledgling robin.
  1. 1.
    having just acquired its flight feathers; -- of a young bird; as, a fledgling robin.[prenominal]
  2. 2.
    young and inexperienced; as, a fledgling enterprise; a fledgling skier.
Syn. fledgeling(prenominal). — Syn. -- unfledged.