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falconet

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fal·con·et  (flk-nt, fôl-, fôk-)
n.
1. A small or young falcon.
2. Any of several small falcons, especially any of several species of the genus Microhierax native to tropical Asia.
falconet [ˈfɔːlkəˌnɛt ˈfɔːkə-]
n
1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Animals) any of various small falcons, esp any of the Asiatic genus Microhierax
2. (Military) a small light cannon used from the 15th to 17th centuries
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He invites me to Moscow in order to prove his assertion, and show me his leg's tomb, and the very cannon that shot him; he says it's the eleventh from the gate of the Kremlin, an old-fashioned falconet taken from the French afterwards.
The Idiot by Dostoyevsky, Fyodor View in context
 
 
 
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