Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Same as
genet .
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Examples
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And the falcon or hawk or genette or tiercel having stooped, the Queen will call upon that eyass for the lure appropriated to each bird as it chances.
The Fifth Queen Crowned Ford Madox Ford 1906
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The glossy genette [2], the "_Civet_" of Europeans, is common in the northern province, where the Tamils confine it in cages for the sake of its musk, which they collect from the wooden bars on which it rubs itself.
Ceylon; an Account of the Island Physical, Historical, and Topographical with Notices of Its Natural History, Antiquities and Productions, Volume 1 (of 2) James Emerson Tennent 1836
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The glossy genette [2], the "_Civet_" of Europeans, is common in the northern province, where the Tamils confine it in cages for the sake of its musk, which they collect from the wooden bars on which it rubs itself.
Sketches of the Natural History of Ceylon James Emerson Tennent 1836
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Amongst an immense number of others are found many new reptiles, some of them adapted for fresh water; species of birds allied to the sea-lark, curlew, quail, buzzard, owl, and pelican; species allied to the dormouse and squirrel; also the opossum and racoon; and species allied to the genette, fox, and wolf.
Vestiges of the Natural History of Creation Robert Chambers 1836
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On disoit monter à la genette quand les jambes étoient si courtes que l'éperon portoit vis-à-vis les flancs du cheval.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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On disoit monter � la genette quand les jambes 閠oient si courtes que l’閜eron portoit vis-�-vis les flancs du cheval.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Le mors � la genette 閠oit celui qui avoit sa gourmette d’une seule pi鑓e et de la forme d’un grand anneau, mis et arr阾� au haut de la libert� de la langue.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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[Footnote: Les mors et les selles � la genette avoient 閠� adopt閟 en France, et jusqu’au dernier si鑓le ils furent d’usage dans nos man間es.
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation 2003
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Le mors à la genette étoit celui qui avoit sa gourmette d'une seule pièce et de la forme d'un grand anneau, mis et arrêté au haut de la liberté de la langue.]
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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[Footnote: Les mors et les selles à la genette avoient été adoptés en
The Principal Navigations, Voyages, Traffiques and Discoveries of the English Nation — Volume 10 Asia, Part III Richard Hakluyt 1584
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