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Lanneret

Lanner \Lan"ner\, n. f. Lanneret \Lan"ner*et\, n. m.[F. lanier, OF. also, lasnier. Cf. Lanyard.] (Zo["o]l.) A long-tailed falcon ( Falco lanarius), of Southern Europe, Asia, and Northern Africa, resembling the American prairie falcon.

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lanneret

n. A male lanner, smaller than the female.

Usage examples of "lanneret".

A small gray lanneret flew about them as if seeking their banner and then it shied away over the plain below on its slender falcon wings.

We have also the lanner and the lanneret, the tersel and the goshawk, the musket and the sparhawk, the jack and the hobby, and finally some (though very few) marleons.