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Genet

name, noun

Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from French.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    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.
  3. 3
    A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.

    "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."

  4. 4
    agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail wordnet
  5. 5
    The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it. countable, uncountable

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.

Etymology 2

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

Etymology 3

See jennet.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from French Genet.

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