fledgling

fledgling definitions

noun
  • A young bird which has just developed its flight feathers (notably wings). 

  • An insect that has just fledged, i.e. undergone its final moult to become an adult or imago. 

  • An immature, naïve or inexperienced person. 

adj
  • Emergent or rising. 

  • Untried or inexperienced.