Warrior Terms
Crow-food :: rotting food
Fox dung :: an insult; stronger offense than mouse-brain
Fresh-kill :: recently killed prey
Gatherings :: a meeting that the Clans hold in peace every full moon
Greencough :: severe chest infection, which can be fatal to elders and young kits
Greenleaf :: summer
Greenleaf Twolegplace :: a place where humans visit only in the summer (campsite, etc)
Halfbridge :: dock
Horseplace :: fields and stables near the lake where half-tamed cats lived
Housefolk :: a housecat’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 and bulldozers
Moonhigh :: the time of the night when the moon is at its highest – usually midnight
Mouse-Brained :: not very smart
Mouse dung :: an insult; stronger than mouse brained but less offensive the 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 and never spends too much time 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’ name for humans
Upwalkers :: another word for humans
Whitecough :: mild chest infection
