GENET
- any of a genus (Genetta) of small Old World usually carnivorous viverrid mammals related to the civets and having retractile claws, spotted or striped fur, and a ringed tail
- any small, Old World carnivore of the genus Genetta, esp. G. genetta, having spotted sides and a ringed tail
- the fur of such an animal
- a carnivorous mammal, also GENETTE [n -S]