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Genet

Noun CEFR B1
ˈd͡ʒɛnɪt

Definitions

  1. Any of several Old World nocturnal, carnivorous mammals, of the genus Genetta, most of which have a spotted coat and a long, ringed tail.
  2. 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.
  3. A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
  4. A surname from French.
  5. The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.

Equivalents

19 more languages
Afrikaansmuskeljaatkat
Bosanskikanu
Esperantoĝenoto
Suomigenetti
עבריתגחן
Hrvatskikanu
Magyarpetymeg
Italianogenetgenetta
Nederlandsgenet
Polskiżeneta
Српскиkanu
Kiswahilikanu
Українськаєнот
Wolofyoolaan

Examples

Because we come to do you service and you think we are ruffians, you’ll have your daughter covered with a Barbary horse. You’ll have your nephews neigh to you. You’ll have coursers for cousins and gennets for germans.”

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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