Clan terminology

General Terms

 * Crowfood - A dead prey animal that has begun to rot.


 * Cutter - a veterinarian, but specifically refers to one that spays or neuters cats.


 * Fresh-kill - A dead prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption.


 * Gathering - The monthly meeting of the Clan held at places assigned as zones of truce when the moon is full.


 * Greenleaf Twolegplace - A place only frequented by humans during summer, such as a resort or camping spot.


 * Halfbridge - A dock.


 * Horseplace - A horse ranch or stables.


 * Monster - A vehicle operated by humans. Examples include cars, trucks, tractors, and ATVs.


 * Moonpool - The place at the Lake where Medicine Cats and Leaders share dreams with StarClan.


 * Moonstone - The place in the Forest where Medicine Cats and Leaders share dreams with StarClan.


 * Sharing tongues - Term used to describe cats grooming each other and sharing news.


 * Silverpelt - The large swath of stars in the sky (believed in fandom to be the Milky Way). These stars are a direct representation of StarClan.


 * Thunderpath - A road.


 * Twoleg - A human.


 * Twoleg kit - A human child.


 * Twoleg nest - A human's house.


 * Twolegplace - A human-built town.

Time Terms

 * Greenleaf - The season of summer.


 * Leaf-bare - The season of winter.


 * Leaf-fall - The season of autumn.


 * Moon - The time between one full moon and the next, spanning 28 days.


 * Moonhigh - The point during the night when the moon is highest in the sky; midnight.


 * Newleaf - The season of spring.


 * Sunhigh - The point during the day when the sun is highest in the sky; noon.

Distance Terms

 * Fox-length - About the length of a fox; approximately a yard.


 * Kittenstep - Less than an inch.


 * Tail-length - About the length of a cat's tail; approximately a foot.

Insults & Exclamations

 * Crowfood - A (harsh) insult comparing the recipient to rotting prey animals.


 * Foxdung - A (harsh) insult comparing the recipient to fox feces. Also used as an exclamation (IE: That's foxdung!).


 * Hedgehogs will fly - An exclamation style statement (IE: That'll happen when hedgehogs fly.) used in many variations.


 * Mouse-brain - A (friendly-harsh) insult. Severity of the insult is almost always decided by tone.


 * Mousedung - A (somewhat harsh) insult comparing the recipient to mouse feces. Also used as an exclamation (IE: Mousedung! That can't be right!). Somewhat like how we say "darn it!".