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Noun: falconet  'fol-ku,net
  1. Any of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax
    "The falconet is one of the world's smallest birds of prey"
     
  2. A light cannon used in the 15th to 17th centuries
    "The ship was armed with several falconets for close-range defence"

Derived forms: falconets

Encyclopedia: Falconet, Peter