genet : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: genet	by the DICT Development Group
3 results for genet
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
Genet n French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834) Synonym(s): Genet, Edmund Charles Edouard Genet, Citizen Genet French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986) Synonym(s): Genet, Jean Genet agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail Synonym(s): genet, Genetta genetta
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genet \Gen"et\ (j[ecr]n"[ecr]t or j[esl]n[ecr]t"), Genette \Genette"\ (j[esl]n[ecr]t"), n. [F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar. jarnei[tsdot].] 1. (Zo[94]l.) One of several species of small Carnivora of the genus {Genetta}, allied to the civets, but having the scent glands less developed, and without a pouch. Note: The common genet* ({Genetta vulgaris}) of Southern Europe, Asia Minor, and North Africa, is dark gray, spotted with black. The long tail is banded with black and white. The Cape genet ({G. felina}), and the berbe ({G. pardina}), are related African species. 2. The fur of the common genet ({Genetta vulgaris}); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Genet \Gen"et\, n. [See {Jennet}.] A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. --Shak.