Glossary

Catspeak: Humanspeak

Crow-Food: Rotting food.

Fox Dung: An insult; stronger then mouse-brain.

Fresh-Kill: Recently killed prey.

Gathering: A meeting that the Clans hold in peace at every full moon.

Greencough: Severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and kits.

Greenleaf: Summer.

Greenleaf Twolegplace: A place where humans visit only in the summer. (A campsite, resort, etc.)

Halfbridge: A dock.

Horseplace: Fields and stables near the lake where half-tamed cats live.

Housefolk: A house cat's word for it's human.

Kittypet: A house cat.

Leaf-fall: Fall/autumn.

Loner: Cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but doesn't defend its territory.

Monster: Usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers..

Moonhigh: The time of night when the moon is at its highest, often midnight.

Mouse-brained: Not very smart.

Mouse Dung: An insult; stronger then mouse-brain but less offensive then fox-dung.

Newleaf: Spring.

Nofurs: Another word for humans.

One moon: One month. (half moon = 2 weeks, quarter-moon = 1 week.)

Rogue: A potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans ane never spends too long in one place.

Sharing Tongues: Term used to describe cats grooming each other.

Silverpelt: The milky way.

Sun-drown-place: The sea to the west, where the sun sets.

Sunhigh: Noon.

Thunderpath: A road.

Tree-eater: A bulldozer.

Twolegplace: A human town.

Twolegs: The Clans' word for humans.

Upwalkers: Another word for humans.

Whitecough: Mild chest infection.