genet

noun

1. any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, especially G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail.
2. the fur of such an animal.

noun

1. jennet.

noun

1. Jean [zhahn] /ʒɑ̃/, 1910–86, French playwright and novelist.

noun

1. Ed·mond Charles E·douard [ed-mawn sharl ey-dwar] /ɛdˈmɔ̃ ʃarl eɪˈdwar/, Citizen Genêt, 1763–1834, French minister to the U.S. in 1793.
2. pen name of Janet Flanner.

noun

1. a female donkey.
2. a small Spanish horse.

noun

1. JanetGenêt, 1892–1978, U.S. journalist: long based in Paris.

noun

1. any agile catlike viverrine mammal of the genus Genetta, inhabiting wooded regions of Africa and S Europe, having an elongated head, thick spotted or blotched fur, and a very long tail
2. the fur of such an animal

noun

1. an obsolete spelling of jennet

noun

1. Jean (ʒɑ̃). 1910–86, French dramatist and novelist; his novels include Notre-Dame des Fleurs (1944) and his plays Les Bonnes (1947) and Le Balcon (1956)

noun

1. Also called: jenny a female donkey or ass
2. a small Spanish riding horse

n.

small civet, late 15c., from Old French genete (Modern French genette), from Spanish gineta, from Arabic jarnait.

n.

“small Spanish horse,” mid-15c., from French genet, from Spanish jinete “a light horseman,” perhaps from Arabic Zenata, name of a Barbary tribe [Klein]. Sense transferred in English and French from the rider to the horse.