callow
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/ˈkaləʊ/
English
Definitions
noun
- A callow young bird.
- A callow or teneral phase of an insect or other arthropod, typically shortly after ecdysis, while the skin still is hardening, the colours have not yet become stable, and as a rule, before the animal is able to move effectively.
- An alluvial flat.
adjective
- Unfledged (of a young bird).
- (by extension) Immature, lacking in life experience.“Those three young men are particularly callow youths.”
- Lacking color or firmness (of some kinds of insects or other arthropods, such as spiders, just after ecdysis); teneral.
- Shallow or weak-willed.
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Synonyms
unsophisticatednaiveinexperiencedimmaturehairlessbaldglabrousunderhairedbarebaldpatedatrichousclean-shavenbaldy-headeddepilousawnlessbare-headed