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fledgling

[flej-ling] / ˈflɛdʒ lɪŋ /


NOUN
baby bird
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Internet users have proven they’ll make a habit of swinging by these fledgling new spaces — if the conversation is interesting enough.

From Salon Aug. 23, 2026

Four months later, having purchased a small number of animals locally to rear for meat, Fiona's fledgling farm in Creetown recorded the first ever case of bluetongue in Scotland.

From BBC Aug. 17, 2026

After a three-year hiatus, “Lasso” returned for Season 4 last week with the series’ eponymous title character, played by Sudeikis, returning to Richmond to coach a fledgling second-division women’s team.

From Los Angeles Times Aug. 9, 2026

Mining companies see enormous wealth in mineral deposits scattered across the seabed, but the fledgling industry has for years been held back by environmental concerns.

From Barron's Aug. 6, 2026

I was certain my fledgling mustache was gone.

From "Middlesex: A Novel" by Jeffrey Eugenides

The charity said the new birds came from 56 successful breeding pairs meaning the average productivity of a Cornish chough nest was three fledglings.

From BBC Aug. 26, 2026

Their fledglings are about one third lighter, even though the warmest days they experience reach similar temperatures of about 16-17ºC.

From Science Daily Mar. 12, 2026

The early seeds of Owens Viani’s work on the issue began around 2011, when a neighbor ran over to tell her that Cooper’s hawk fledglings had drowned in his kiddie pool.

From Los Angeles Times Oct. 1, 2024

Birdhouse owners say that they wait until the fledglings have left the nest before they harvest and that neither the parents nor their babies are harmed.

From New York Times Apr. 2, 2024

King Bull Sparra had no fledglings of his own.

From "Redwall" by Brian Jacques




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