-GEN -gen. Etym: [(1) From Gr. -gen-, from the same root as ge`nos race, stock (see Genus). (2) From Gr. suffix -genh`s born. Cf. F. -gène.]
1. A suffix used in scientific words in the sense of producing, generating: as, amphigen, amidogen, halogen.
2. A suffix meaning produced, generated; as, exogen.
GENA Ge"na, Etym: [L., the cheek.] (Zoöl.) (a) The cheek; the feathered side of the under mandible of a bird. (b) The part of the head to which the jaws of an insect are attached.
GENAPPE
Ge*nappe", n. Etym: [From Genappe, in Belgium.]
Defn: A worsted yarn or cord of peculiar smoothness, used in the manufacture of braid, fringe, etc. Simmonds.
GENDARME
Gen`darme", n.; pl. Gendarmes, or Gens d'armes. Etym: [F.]
1. (Mil.)
Defn: One of a body of heavy cavalry. [Obs.] [France]
2. An armed policeman in France. Thackeray.