Genet

Quick meaning: Genet is a noun meaning Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.

Meaning

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

More Meanings

1. The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.
2. A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
3. (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.

Example Sentences

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.

Word Forms

• genets

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