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noun

fledgling, fledgeling n.

A new member of a group.

Synonyms: newcomer, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, entrant.

A young bird just fledged.

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Etymology of 'Fledgeling'

Collaborative International Dictionary of English 0.48

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"Fledgeling" Quotes from Famous Books

... were common, and like most of their tribe were waiting upon offspring just out of the nest. I watched one as he offered his charge a rather large insect. The awkward fledgeling let it fall three times; and still the parent picked it up again, only chirping mildly, as if to say, "Come, come, my beauty, don't be quite so bungling." But even in the midst of their family cares, they still found leisure for music; and as they and the black-throated ...

— Birds in the Bush • Bradford Torrey

... before him. He had been rudely awakened to the horror of life once more. Convulsive tremors passed through her tortured brow. It was as if he held in his hand a fluttering soul that had been trodden in the mire beneath heavy heels—a poor crushed fledgeling that ...

— Pelle the Conqueror, Complete • Martin Andersen Nexo

... blue warblers were common, and like most of their tribe were waiting upon offspring just out of the nest. I watched one as he offered his charge a rather large insect. The awkward fledgeling let it fall three times; and still the parent picked it up again, only chirping mildly, as if to say, "Come, come, my beauty, don't be quite so bungling." But even in the midst of their family cares, ...

— Birds in the Bush • Bradford Torrey