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Unfledged bird
Answer for the clue "Unfledged bird ", 4 letters:
eyas
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Word definitions for eyas in dictionaries
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Eyas \Ey`as\, n. [F.niais fresh from the nest, a derivative fr. L. nidus nest. E. an eyas for a nias. See Nest , and cf. Nias , Jashawk .] (Zo["o]l.) A nesting or unfledged bird; in falconry, a young hawk from the nest, not able to prey for itself. --Shak ...
WordNet
Word definitions in WordNet
n. an unfledged or nestling hawk
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. A young hawk or falcon in the nest, or that has not yet fledged, especially one that will be trained for falconry.
Usage examples of eyas.
All those that are not claimed by someone as an eyas are left free to follow their own will.
No matter how intelligent, bondbirds were raptors, and likely to do unexpected things when injured and in pain, even one like Vree, brought up from an eyas and bonded before he was hard-penned.
But a bondbird, when not bonded as a fledgling or even an eyas, was traditionally given a choice.
I thought you were an eyas with clipped wings that would never fly far from me.
She wished to accustom two young eyases to the hood, and to try the mettle of a new Norway falcon.
The eyases clung dully to their leashes, as if they were mewing, and seemed to have no wish to get rid of their rufter-hoods.