genet

American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition

1. n. Any of several Old World carnivorous mammals of the genus Genetta, having grayish or yellowish fur with dark spots and a long ringed tail.
2. n. Variant of jennet.

Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

1. n. See jennet.
2. n. A kind of civet-cat; a viverrine carnivorous quadruped of the family Viverridæ, or civets; the Genetta vulgaris or Viverra genetta, and other species of the restricted genus Genetta. The common genet inhabits southern Europe, western Asia, and northern Africa. It is about as large as a cat, but of more slender form, with sharper nose, shorter legs, and longer tail, the body of a dark-gray color profusely spotted with blackish, the tail ringed with black and white, and the head spotted with white. It is sometimes domesticated, and makes a good mouser; it produces a kind of civet, used for perfume, and the fur is also valuable.
3. n. The fur of the genet, which is made into muffs and tippets; hence, catskin made up in imitation of this fur and used for the same purpose.

Wiktionary

1. n. biology 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
2. n. Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta in the family Viverridae, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
3. n. A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.

GNU Webster's 1913

1. n. (Zoöl.) 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.
2. n. The fur of the common genet (Genetta vulgaris); also, any skin dressed in imitation of this fur.
3. n. A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.

WordNet 3.0

1. n. French writer of novels and dramas for the theater of the absurd (1910-1986)
2. n. French diplomat who in 1793 tried to draw the United States into the war between France and England (1763-1834)
3. n. agile Old World viverrine having a spotted coat and long ringed tail