Definition of "fledging" [fledging]

• Present participle of fledge. (verb)

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• "I am particularly intrigued by the evidence of indeterminate growth in pterosaurs and the fact that they actually grew significantly after 'fledging' (or whatever the correct word is to describe the equivalent for pterosaurs!)."
• "The prospects for the "fledging" business were "fatally undermined" by the sharp economic downturn, said Joe Higgins, chief executive of BoSI."
• "- poulos is a suffix meaning son, apparently from the Latin PULLUS, meaning "fledging" or"