genet
IPA: dʒˈɛnɪt
noun
- 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.
- The fur of this mammal, or any skin dressed in imitation of it.
- (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.
- A small-sized, well-proportioned, Spanish horse; a jennet.
- A surname from French.
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Examples of "genet" in Sentences
- He is a genetic doctor in a hospital.
- The article is about the genetic code.
- The disease is genetically transmitted.
- The belief in genetics is one of the causes.
- It is the role of genetic drift in speciation.
- The ecology of genetically modified mosquitoes.
- The encounter between biochemistry and genetics.
- Is the organism reducible to genetic information or not
- The cause of the genetic defect is unknown and not genetic.
- Paleogenetics is the application of genetics to paleontology.
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