Cuckoo defends gull both tail-less and unable to fly (9)
I believe the answer is:
unfledged
'fly' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
I don't understand the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for unfledged that I've seen is " Lacking feathers".)
I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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