English-Thai Dictionary
falconet
N เหยี่ยว พวก Microhierax มี ขนาดเล็ก พบ แถบ เอเชีย ปืน โบราณ ขนาด เบา สมัยเก่า
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
FALCONET
n.A small cannon or piece of ordinance, whose diameter at the bore is four inches and a quarter, and carrying shot of one pound and a quarter.
Webster's 1913 Dictionary
FALCONET
Fal "co *net, n. Etym: [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. (Zoöl.) (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.
New American Oxford Dictionary
falconet
fal co net |ˌfalkəˈnət, ˌfôl -ˈfælkənət | ▶noun 1 historical a light cannon. [mid 16th cent.: from Italian falconetto, diminutive of falcone ‘falcon, ’ from Latin falco (see falcon ). ] 2 a very small South Asian (or South American ) falcon, typically having bold black-and-white plumage. [mid 19th cent.: from falcon + -et 1 . ] [Genus Microhierax (and Spiziapteryx ), family Falconidae: six species. ]
Oxford Dictionary
falconet
falconet |ˈfɔː (l )k (ə )nɪt | ▶noun 1 historical a light cannon. 2 a very small falcon of Asia and South America, typically having bold black-and-white plumage. ●Genus Microhierax (and Spiziapteryx ), family Falconidae: six species. ORIGIN mid 16th cent.: from Italian falconetto, diminutive of falcone ‘falcon ’, from Latin falco (see falcon ). Sense 2 is from falcon + -et 1 .
Spanish Dictionary
falconete
falconete nombre masculino Pequeña pieza de artillería, reducción del falcón, que arrojaba balas hasta de kilo y medio :el falconete era un arma muy difundida en España en el siglo xv .
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