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1. WordNet® 3.0 (2006)
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]

2. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Genet \Gen"et\, n. [See Jennet.]
   A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
   --Shak.
   [1913 Webster]

3. The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
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.
      [1913 Webster]

   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.
         [1913 Webster]

   2. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also,
      any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.
      [1913 Webster]

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