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lanneret

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lan⋅ner⋅et

  [lan-uh-ret]
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–noun Falconry.
the male lanner, which is smaller than the female.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME lanret < MF laneret. See lanner, -et
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lan·ner·et   (lān'ə-rět')   
n.  A male lanner, smaller than the female, used in falconry.

[Middle English laneret, from Old French, diminutive of lanier, lanner; see lanner.]
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