Definition of Genetta

1. Noun. Genets.

Exact synonyms: Genus Genetta
Generic synonyms: Mammal Genus
Group relationships: Family Viverridae, Family Viverrinae, Viverridae, Viverrinae
Member holonyms: Genet, Genetta Genetta

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genetta

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General Custer
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General de Gaulle
Generation X
Generation Y
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Generica
Genesis
Genetta (current term)
Genetta genetta
Geneva
Geneva Convention
Geneva gown
Geneva lens measure
Geneva mechanism
Geneva mechanisms
Geneva wheel
Geneva wheels
Genevan
Genevanism
Genevans
Geneve
Genevese

Literary usage of Genetta

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Catalogue of Carnivorous, Pachydermatous, and Edentate Mammalia in the by John Edward Gray (1869)
"Genetta. The body elongate; back with a broad, continued, more or less crested, ... flesh-tooth elongate ; tubercular grinders ff Genetta, Brisson, RA p. ..."

2. East African Mammals in the United States National Museum by Ned Hollister (1918)
"... the coast strip region from which Matschie described still another form, Genetta ... on the type-specimen of this race in Berlin are as follows: Genetta ..."

3. The Animal Kingdom Arranged in Conformity with Its Organization by Georges Cuvier, Pierre André Latreille (1831)
"Genetta, Cuv. In the Genets the pouch is reduced to a slight depression formed by ... V. genetta, L. (The Common Genet.) Grey, spotted with brown or black, ..."

4. Catalogue of Mammalia in the Indian Museum, Calcutta by John Anderson, William Lutley Sclater, Indian Museum (1891)
"Hi, with plate (1825) ; Blyth Viverra genetta, Linnaeus Syst. ... Stuffed Algeria A. Malherbe, 1848, ASB Genetta tigrina. ..."

5. The Philosophy of Zoology: Or, A General View of the Structure, Functions by John Fleming (1822)
"Genetta. Genet Scent-bag simple and shallow. (b.) One bruising grinder in the upper jaw. Destitute of a caecum. Body not much thicker than the head. ..."

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