Genet

n. [Fr. genēt, Sp. ginete, a horse-soldier, O. Sp., horse, It. ginnetto, giannetto, a Spanish horse, Gr. γίνος, a dwarfed horse or mule. Cf. Ar. jund, a body of troops, and see GINNET.]

1Sense 1. A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet. Shak.

2Sense 2. [Fr. genette, Sp. gineta, Pg. geneta, gineta, N. Lat. genetta.] (Zool.) A carnivorous animal, allied to the civet (Genetta vulgaris), of a gray color, spotted and banded with black or brown, and found in the south of Europe and in Africa.

3Sense 3. The same as GENETTE, q. v.

n. Cat-skin, when made into muffs and tippets, as if they were skins of the genet. Booth.