Falconet

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Falconet \Fal"co*net\, n. [Dim. of falcon: cf. F. fauconneau,
     LL. falconeta, properly, a young falcon.]
     1. One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and
        later.
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     2. (Zool.)
        (a) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus
            {Microhierax}.
        (b) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus
            {Falcunculus}, resembling shrikes and titmice.
            [1913 Webster] falcon-gentil