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.