genets

Noun (1)

genet (countable and uncountable, plural genets)

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.
2. The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.

Noun (2)

genet (plural genets)

1. 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.

Noun (3)

genet (plural genets)

1. 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.c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...

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