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Meanings of fledgeling in English

Portuguese
iniciante
Catalan
nouvingut
Spanish
newbie

Any new participant in some activity.

      iniciante

      (Of a young bird) having acquired its flight feathers.

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            Usage of fledgeling in English
            1
            It saw the egg and probably the chick, but not the fledgeling.
            Birds and Bees, Sharp Eyes, and Other Papers
            2
            Her spirit felt as bruised as a fledgeling fallen upon stony ground.
            The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
            3
            That and the fall of the fledgeling excited the birds more than ever.
            Secrets of the Woods
            4
            Forgive my insolence, Count, but it is forty years since you were a fledgeling.
            The Prince of Graustark
            5
            A fledgeling ambition, conscious of new aims and chances, revealed itself in all he said.
            Helbeck of Bannisdale — Volume II
            6
            And the baby drinks, like a blind fledgeling.
            Twilight in Italy
            7
            The report called for the establishment of an Interactive Commission that fledgeling developers could pitch ideas to.
            Radio NZ
            8
            Though that's good for device makers, it shows just how complicated the fledgeling smart home market may become.
            Wired
            9
            Rooks, though generally cleanly feeders, will at times eat almost anything, from a mussel to a fledgeling bird.
            The Amateur Poacher
            10
            My fledgeling, will they not be a little ashamed of their short-sightedness when the spring has brought back the sun?
            The Ward of King Canute: A Romance of the Danish Conquest
            11
            She had been a beauty then; every one danced to the tune she piped, and this curate- amerefledgeling-haddanced also.
            What Necessity Knows
            12
            A foal is an immature horse, a chicken an immature fowl, a calf an immature ox, a fledgeling an immature bird.
            The Esperanto Teacher: A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians
            13
            A wondrous touching sight to behold a man of your years playing the turtle-dove to his good wife like the merest fledgeling.
            The Tavern Knight
            14
            The training for my venture was now complete; my powers were developed, and equal to a lofty flight; no more fledgeling essays for me.
            The Works of Lucian of Samosata — Volume 03
            15
            Meeko was running along a limb, the first of the fledgelings in his mouth.
            Secrets of the Woods
            16
            He fed his fledgelings himself, tearing the meat into pieces.
            Tales of the Wilderness
            Translations for fledgeling
            Portuguese
            iniciantenovato
            Spanish
            newbie
            Fledgeling through the time