adjective
- covered with or having feathers; feathered
- (of a young bird) having grown feathers and nearly ready to fly; fledgling
Usage: rare or archaic; literary
Usage: rare or archaic
Examples
- The fledgy chicks huddled together in the nest.
- A fledgy young eagle stretched its wings for the first time.
- The bird's fledgy plumage glistened in the sunlight.
- By late summer, the fledgy juveniles were preparing to leave the nest.