Genet

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /ˈdÊ’É›n.ɪt/
• Rhymes: -É›nɪt

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

Full definition of genet

Noun

1. Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus 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.

Noun

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

See jennet

Noun

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

Anagrams

• tenge