noun
- a young bird just fledged.
- an inexperienced person.
adjective
- young, new, or inexperienced: a fledgling diver.
noun
- a young bird that has just fledged
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- a young and inexperienced or untried person, organization or system
1830 (adj.), 1846 as a noun meaning “young bird,” from fledge + diminutive suffix -ling. Of persons, from 1856.
- A young bird that has just grown the feathers needed to fly and is capable of surviving outside the nest.