fledgling
/ˈflɛd͡ʒ.lɪŋ/ noun C2- A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings).
- An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
- An immature, naïve or inexperienced person.
Plural fledglings
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This time, if I have any eye-sight, they have pecked down trouble for themselves, for Baloo is no fledgling and Bagheera can, as I know, kill more than goats.”
“Well,” said Rikki-tikki, and his tail began to fluff up again, “marks or no marks, do you think it is right for you to eat fledglings out of a nest?”
Sing to your fledglings again, Mother, oh lift up your head!
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