Found 2 items, similar to genet.
English → English (WordNet)
Definition: Genet
Genet
n 1: French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States
into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
[syn:
Edmund Charles Edouard Genet,
Citizen Genet]
2: French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the
absurd (1910-1986) [syn:
Jean Genet]
3: agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long
ringed tail [syn:
Genetta genetta]
English → English (gcide)
Definition: Genet
Genet
\Gen"et\ (j[e^]n"[e^]t or j[-e]*n[e^]t"), Genette
\Ge*nette"\ (j[-e]*n[e^]t"), n. [F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar.
jarnei[.t].]
1. (Zo["o]l.) 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.
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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 (
Genetta felina), and the
berbe (
Genetta pardina), are related African species.
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2. The fur of the common genet (
Genetta vulgaris); also,
any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.
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Genet
\Gen"et\, n. [See
Jennet.]
A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
--Shak.
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