fledgling – מילון אנגלי-אנגלי
fledgling
n.
young bird that cannot fly; inexperienced young person
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Fledglings may refer to:
- Curtiss Fledgling, a trainer aircraft
- Fergie's Fledglings, a group of Manchester United players recruited under the management of Alex Ferguson
- Fledgling (birds), a young bird that has recently left its nest but is still dependent upon parental care and feeding
- Fledgling (insect), an insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago.
- Fledgling (novel), a 2005 science fiction novel by Octavia Butler
- Fledgling, a 2009 novel of the Liaden universe
fledgling
Noun
1. any new participant in some activity
(synonym) newcomer, fledgeling, starter, neophyte, freshman, newbie, entrant
(hypernym) novice, beginner, tyro, tiro, initiate
(hyponym) recruit, enlistee
2. young bird that has just fledged or become capable of flying
(synonym) fledgeling
(hypernym) young bird
Adjective
1. of a young bird just having acquired its flight feathers; "a fledgling robin"
(synonym) fledgling(a), fledgeling(a)
(similar) fledged, mature
2. young and inexperienced; "a fledgling enterprise"; "a fledgling skier"; "an unfledged lawyer"
(synonym) unfledged
(similar) inexperienced
fledgling
n.
ptáče, které vylétlo z hnízda; začátečník, začátečnice
fledgling
Synonyms and related words:
Young Turk, abecedarian, adolescent, alphabetarian, apprentice, arriviste, articled clerk, at half cock, avifauna, baby, baby bird, beginner, bird, bird of Jove, bird of Juno, bird of Minerva, bird of night, bird of passage, bird of prey, birdie, birdlife, birdling, birdy, boot, boy, bright young man, bub, bubba, buck, bud, buddy, cage bird, calf, callow, catechumen, catling, chick, chickling, chicky, colt, comer, cub, cygnet, deb, debutant, dewy, diving bird, dogie, dove, duckling, eagle, eaglet, entrant, ever-new, evergreen, fawn, fellow, firsthand, fish-eating bird, flightless bird, foal, fowl, fresh, freshman, fruit-eating bird, fryer, fulmar, game bird, gosling, green, greenhorn, greeny, half-baked, half-cocked, half-grown, hobbledehoy, hopeful, ignoramus, ill-digested, immature, impubic, inductee, infant, initiate, insect-eating bird, intact, junior, juvenal, juvenile, kid, kit, kitten, lad, laddie, lamb, lambkin, learner, litter, maiden, maidenly, manchild, master, migrant, migratory bird, minor, modern, modern generation, modern man, modernist, modernizer, muchacho, neologism, neologist, neology, neonate, neophyte, neoteric, neoterism, neoterist, nest, nestling, new, new boy, new generation, new man, newcomer, nouveau riche, novice, novitiate, novus homo, original, oscine bird, owl, parvenu, passerine bird, peacock, peafowl, peahen, perching bird, pigeon, piglet, pigling, polliwog, postulant, pristine, probationer, probationist, pubescent, pullet, pup, puppy, ratite, raw, raw recruit, recruit, rising generation, rookie, sapling, schoolboy, sea bird, seed-eating bird, sempervirent, shoat, shore bird, slip, songbird, sonny, sonny boy, sprig, squab, storm petrel, stormy petrel, stripling, swan, tadpole, teenager, teener, teenybopper, tenderfoot, trainee, tyro, unbeaten, underripe, undeveloped, unfledged, unmellowed, unripe, unseasoned, untouched, untried, untrodden, unused, upstart, vernal, virgin, virginal, wading bird, warbler, water bird, waterfowl, weaner, whelp, wildfowl, yeanling, young, young hopeful, young man, young person, younger, youngest, youngling, youngster, youth
Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the
Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.