Terms and Meanings
Measurement;
Fox-length: About the length of a fox; approximately a yard. (80 cm)
Kittenstep or kitstep: About the length of kit's step; approximately an inch or a half inch. (1.25-2.5 cm)
Tail-length: About the length of a cat's tail; approximately a foot. (30 cm)
Rabbit hop or rabbit length: About a foot and a half away. (45 cm)
Mouse-length: About two or three inches. (5-7.5 cm)
Pawstep: About the length of a grown cat's step, roughly six inches. (15 cm)
Tree-length: About the length of a tree; around 40 to 50 feet. (15 m)
Time;
Newleaf: The season of spring.
Greenleaf: The season of summer.
Leaf-fall: The season of autumn or fall.
Leaf-bare: The season of winter.
Moon: The time between one full moon and the next, spanning about 29 days, a month.
Moonhigh: When the moon is the highest in the sky; about midnight.
Moonrise: The time when the moon rises.
Half-moon: About two weeks, half a month.
Quarter-moon: About a week.
Sunhigh: The point during the day when the sun is highest in the sky; noon.
Sunrise: One day in cat time (i.e. One sunrise ago).
Season: A quarter of a year in cat time. Four seasons equal a year.
Heartbeat: A split second.
Claw-moon: When the moon resembles the shape of an unsheathed claw, equivalent to crescent moon.
Sundown: Dusk.
Sunup: Dawn. However, dawn is still used for example in the phrase "Dawn Patrol."
Locations/Basic Clan Terminology;
Carrionplace: A Twoleg dump.
Crowfood or crow-food: A dead prey animal that has begun to rot; can also be used as an insult.
Cutter: A veterinarian, specifically, though not always, referring to one that spays or neuters cats.
Dirt: Feces.
Fresh-kill: A recently killed prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption. Fresh-kill is hunted by warriors and apprentices, and placed on the fresh-kill pile or brought to the elders. Elders, kits, queens, and sick cats eat first, then warriors and apprentices. Extras stay in the fresh-kill pile.
Gathering: The monthly meeting of all the Clans when the moon is full. There is a truce on this night, and no fighting is allowed.
Greenleaf Twolegplace: A place frequented by Twolegs during summer, such as a resort or camping spot near a lake.
Halfbridge: A boat dock.
Horseplace: A place where horses are kept, such as ranches and stables.
Hunting Patrol: A group of cats hunting for fresh-kill to bring back for their Clan to eat. May fight if there are trespassers.
Kittypet: A domesticated pet cat.
Loner: A cat that lives by itself and doesn't defend its territory.
Making dirt: Defecating.
Molly: Another name for a she-cat.
Monster: A vehicle operated by humans. Often described when cats are near Twolegs/the Thunderpath. Motorboats are sometimes referred to as "water-monsters."
Rogue: A usually hostile cat who does not have a permanent home, roams around, and does not care about crossing Clan boundaries.
Sharing tongues: Cats grooming each other while sharing the latest gossip. A cat lies on the ground, talking, while the other grooms their fur, listening.
She-cat: A female cat.
She-kit: A female kit.
Silver boulder: A boulder that, when the silver disc is pulled off, holds Twoleg rubbish. To Twolegs, they are just trash cans/bins.
Silverpelt: The large swath of stars in the sky. These stars are a direct representation of StarClan.
Silverthorn: Barbed wire.
Smooth boulder-thing: Twoleg ball.
Snowmelt: A term used to describe slush or dirty, melted snow.
Soft boulder: A pillow or cushion.
Tree-eater: A bulldozer.
Thunderpath: A paved road with an extremely acrid smell that cars often go across.
Tom/tomcat: A male cat.
Tom-kit: a male kit.
Twoleg: A human.
Twoleg kit: A human child.
Twoleg nest: A human's house.
Twolegplace: A town, city, or village where Twolegs live.
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