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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 cal·low /ˈkæ(ˌ)lo/
 (a.)年輕而無經驗的,(鳥)未生羽毛的

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cal·low a.
 1. Destitute of feathers; naked; unfledged.
 An in the leafy summit, spied a nest,
 Which, o'er the callow young, a sparrow pressed.   --Dryden.
 2. Immature; boyish; “green”; as, a callow youth.
    I perceive by this, thou art but a callow maid.   --Old Play [1675].

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Cal·low n. Zool.  A kind of duck. See Old squaw.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 callow
      adj : lacking experience of life; "a callow youth of seventeen"
            [syn: inexperienced, naive, unsophisticated]