genet meaning: definition, etymology and quotations

genet

noun

UK, US /ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt/

Etymology From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.

Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, 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: Abyssinian genet, Angolan genet, aquatic genet, Bourlon's genet, Cape genet, common genet, Ethiopian genet, European genet, giant genet, giant forest genet, Hausa genet, Johnston's genet, king genet, large-spotted genet, miombo genet, panther genet, pardine genet, rusty-spotted genet, servaline genet, small-spotted genet

genet

noun

Etymology Coined in the 20th century from gene + -et.

Biology, Natural sciences 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.

Related terms: ortet, ramet

genet

noun

Etymology See jennet.

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 Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene i], lines 109-113:

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