genet

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈdʒɛn.ɪt/

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• Rhymes: -ɛnɪt

From Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.

genet (countable and uncountable, plural genets)

1. 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.
2. The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.

Coined in the 20th century from gene +‎ -et.

genet (plural genets)

1. (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.

• ortet
• ramet

See jennet.

genet (plural genets)

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

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Shakespeare to this entry?)

   "Iago: Because we come to do you service and you think we are ruffians, you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse. You’ll have your nephews neigh to you. You’ll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germans." Shakespeare, Othello: Act 1, Scene 1:109-113

• tenge

genet m (plural genets, feminine geneta)

1. rider, horseman

• “genet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• genen

genet n or m

1. definite neuter singular of gen

• genen

genet n or m

1. definite neuter singular of gen

genet m (plural genets)

1. Alternative form of geneta