genet
Valid in Scrabble
- Scrabble points
- 6
- Words With Friends
- 8
- Letters
- 5
Definition of genet
5 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included
noun
- (countable, uncountable)Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
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noun
- (countable, uncountable)Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
- (countable, uncountable)The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.
- 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.
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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.”
name
- A surname from French.
Definitions from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA.
Etymology
From Middle English genet, ionet, from Anglo-Norman genette, Middle French genette, jenette et al., of uncertain origin.
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