Genet Definition

jĕnĭt, jə-nĕt
noun
Any of a genus (Genetta) of small, spotted African carnivores in the same family (Viverridae) as the civet.
Webster's New World
Its fur.
Webster's New World
A group of genetically identical individuals descended from one progenitor, as a group of trees that have all sprouted from the roots of a single parent; a clone.
American Heritage Medicine

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

Wiktionary
Synonyms:
  • Citizen Genet
  • Edmund Charles Edouard Genet
  • jean genet
  • Genetta genetta

Other Word Forms of Genet

Noun

Singular:
genet
Plural:
genets

Origin of Genet

  • Middle English from Old French genete of Iberian Romance origin Spanish jineta perhaps originally a feminine form (used in the sense “bandit” to refer to the genet euphemistically because it preys on poultry) of Spanish jinete horseman from Old Spanish ginete jennet

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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

    From Wiktionary

  • From genetic (on the model of ramet)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Coined in the 20th century from gene.

    From Wiktionary

  • See jennet

    From Wiktionary

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