Falconet
Falconet , noun
[Dim. of falcon: compare French fauconneau, Late Latin falconeta, properly, a young falcon.]
1.
One of the smaller cannon used in the 15th century and later.
2.
(a) (Zoology) One of several very small Asiatic falcons of the genus Microhierax.
(b)
(Zoology) One of a group of Australian birds of the genus Falcunculus, resembling shrikes and titmice.