Glossary
Catspeak: Humanspeak
Crow-food: rotting food
Fox dung: an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
Fox-hearted: cowardly or not very brave
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 young kits
Greenleaf: summer
Halfbridge: a dock
Housefolk: a house cat's word for its humans
Kittypet: a house cat
Leaf-bare: winter
Leaf-fall: fall/autumn
Loner: a 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
Moonhigh: the time of night when the moon is at its highest--often midnight
Mouse-brained: not very smart
Mouse dung: an insult; stronger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than fox dung
Newleaf: spring
Nofurs: another word for humans
One moon: one month (half-moon = two weeks, quarter-moon = one week)
Rogue: a potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and 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: bulldozer
Twoleg nest: a human house
Twolegplace: a human town
Twolegs: the Clans' word for humans
Upwalkers: another word for humans
Whitecough: mild chest infection
