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单词 falconet
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Definition of falconet in English:

falconet

noun ˈfɔː(l)k(ə)nɪtˈfælkənət
  • 1historical A light cannon.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The falconets and rockets have the same damage against infrantry...Why use factories to produce rockets if the falconets do the same damage?
    • When your army is in battle and that army includes falconets, be sure to have your falconets firing on the enemy infantry at all times.
  • 2A very small falcon of Asia and South America, typically having bold black-and-white plumage.

    Genus Microhierax (and Spiziapteryx), family Falconidae: six species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The small falconets hunt the forests of Southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines.
    • The true falcons range in size from the tiny falconets and pygmy falcons to the Gyrfalcon. The falconets feed mainly on insects.
    • Falconidae contains 11 genera and 64 species, and is divided into two subfamilies, Polyborinae (caracaras and forest-falcons) and Falconinae (true falcons and falconets).
    • The only confirmed predators of treeswifts are Asian falconets, although there are almost certainly additional predators (snakes, for example, are likely predators).
    • Until you spot a long-limbed, regal caracara or a cute, little falconet, you haven't met the whole Falconidae family.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Italian falconetto, diminutive of falcone 'falcon', from Latin falco (see falcon). sense 2 is from falcon + -et1.

 
 

Definition of falconet in US English:

falconet

nounˈfalkənətˈfælkənət
  • 1historical A light cannon.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The falconets and rockets have the same damage against infrantry...Why use factories to produce rockets if the falconets do the same damage?
    • When your army is in battle and that army includes falconets, be sure to have your falconets firing on the enemy infantry at all times.
  • 2A very small South Asian (or South American) falcon, typically having bold black-and-white plumage.

    Genus Microhierax (and Spiziapteryx), family Falconidae: six species

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The only confirmed predators of treeswifts are Asian falconets, although there are almost certainly additional predators (snakes, for example, are likely predators).
    • Falconidae contains 11 genera and 64 species, and is divided into two subfamilies, Polyborinae (caracaras and forest-falcons) and Falconinae (true falcons and falconets).
    • The true falcons range in size from the tiny falconets and pygmy falcons to the Gyrfalcon. The falconets feed mainly on insects.
    • The small falconets hunt the forests of Southeast Asia, Borneo and the Philippines.
    • Until you spot a long-limbed, regal caracara or a cute, little falconet, you haven't met the whole Falconidae family.

Origin

Mid 16th century: from Italian falconetto, diminutive of falcone ‘falcon’, from Latin falco (see falcon). falconet (sense 2) is from falcon + -et.

 
 
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