eaglet

noun

1. The immature young of an eagle; an eagle chick.

   “He [Christopher North] speaks in his "Second Canticle" of "the imps," "the eaglets," "the young ones," "the bursting of the shells," as though it were the commoner occurrence for there to be several eaglets in a nest. This is not the case.”

   “Alas! in the morning the eaglet was gone; and, full of sorrow, they stooped to pick up the shining fleece with which the floor was spread. At their touch, every feather became a golden coin.”

   “[A]fter the ten days Arkirie came to the king and asked him to give him two eaglets.”

   “Once the eaglets are born—tiny balls of white fuzz—the adult eagles prove that birds can be as protective and solicitous of their young as humans. They'll rip food into bite-size pieces for the eaglets and stand ceaseless watch over the eyrie.”

   “The early days and weeks of an eaglet’s life are not without risks.”