GENET

genet, Genetta genetta

(noun) agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail

Genet, Jean Genet

(noun) French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)

Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet

(noun) French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

genet (countable and uncountable, plural genets)

Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.

The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.

Etymology 2

Noun

genet (plural genets)

(biology) A group of genetically identical individuals (plants, fungi, bacteria etc.) that have grown in a given location, all originating from asexual reproduction of a single ancestor; a group of ramets.

Etymology 3

Noun

genet (plural genets)

A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.

Anagrams

• tenge

Source: Wiktionary

Gen"et, Ge*nette" (, n. Etym: [F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei

1. (Zoöl.)

Definition: One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus Genetta, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch.

Note: The common genet (Genetta vulgaris) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet (G. felina), and the berbe (G. pardina), are related African species.

2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.

Gen"et, n. Etym: [See Jennet.]

Definition: A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. Shak.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition