genet
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Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.
Noun edit
genet (countable and uncountable, plural genets)
- Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
- The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.
Derived terms edit
- common genet (Genetta genetta)
- Abyssinian genet (Genetta abyssinica)
- Angolan genet (Genetta angolensis)
- aquatic genet (Genetta piscivora)
- Bourlon's genet (Genetta bourlonii)
- Cape genet (Genetta tigrina)
- Ethiopian genet (Genetta abyssinica)
- European genet (Genetta genetta)
- giant genet, giant forest genet (Genetta victoriae)
- Haussa genet (Genetta thierryi)
- Johnston's genet (Genetta johnstoni)
- king genet (Genetta poensis)
- large-spotted genet (Genetta tigrina)
- miombo genet (Genetta angolensis)
- panther genet (Genetta maculata)
- pardine genet (Genetta pardina)
- rusty-spotted genet (Genetta maculata)
- servaline genet (Genetta servalina)
- small-spotted genet (Genetta genetta)
Translations edit
mammal of the genus Genetta
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Etymology 2 edit
Coined in the 20th century from gene + -et.
Noun edit
genet (plural genets)
- (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.
Translations edit
(biology) group of genetically identical individuals
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Etymology 3 edit
See jennet.
Noun edit
genet (plural genets)
- A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
- 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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 109-113:
- 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.
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Etymology edit
Borrowed from Andalusian Arabic زَنَاتِي (zanáti), the tribe of the Zenata Berbers, exceptional horsemen. Cfr zenete, jinete.
Noun edit
genet m (plural genets, feminine geneta)
Further reading edit
- “genet” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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genet n or m
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genet n or m
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genet m (plural genets)
- Alternative form of geneta