Genet

Genet
    n 1: French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States
         into the war between France and England (1763-1834) [syn:
         {Genet}, {Edmund Charles Edouard Genet}, {Citizen Genet}]
    2: French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the
       absurd (1910-1986) [syn: {Genet}, {Jean Genet}]
    3: agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long
       ringed tail [syn: {genet}, {Genetta genetta}]
    

Genet \Gen"et\ (j[e^]n"[e^]t or j[-e]*n[e^]t"), Genette
\Ge*nette"\ (j[-e]*n[e^]t"), n. [F. genette, Sp. gineta, fr. Ar.
   jarnei[.t].]
   1. (Zool.) 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.
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   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 ({Genetta felina}), and the
         berbe ({Genetta pardina}), are related African species.
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   2. The fur of the common genet ({Genetta vulgaris}); also,
      any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.
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Genet \Gen"et\, n. [See {Jennet}.]
   A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
   --Shak.
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