Falconet

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A small or young falcon.
  • n. Any of several small falcons, especially any of several species of the genus Microhierax native to tropical Asia.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A small or young falcon
  • n. Any of various small, tropical Asian falcons of the genus Microhierax found in Southeast Asia.
  • n. A light cannon developed in the late 15th century and decorated with an image of a falcon.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.
  • n.
  • n. One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.
  • n. One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. A little falcon; specifically, in ornithology, a finch-falcon of the Oriental genus Ierax, Hierax, or Microhierax, which contains tiny falcons about six inches long, such as M. cœrulescens.
  • n. A shrike of the genus Falcunculus. Also falconelle.
  • n. A kind of cannon in use in the sixteenth century.
  • Word Usage
    "The apparition of Catherine Seyton, which the page had let loose in the first moment of astonishment, vanished in darkness; but the plash of oars was heard, and, in a second or two, five or six harquebuses and a falconet were fired from the battlements of the castle successively, as if levelled at some object on the water."
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