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.
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.
© Webster 1913.