clowder
Pronunciation Noun
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Pronunciation Noun
clowder (plural clowders)
- A group of cats or other small felines.
- 1984 15 April, Nelson Bryant, “Bevies of Terms Befuddle Prides ↗”, in The New York Times:
- A Brooklyn friend who persists in feeding the host of creatures - including me - who appear at her door will be delighted to know that the most nonchalant recipients of her largesse may be referred to as a clowder of cats.
- 2010, The Big Bang Theory, episode “The Zazzy Substitution ↗”
- Leonard: You’re clearly upset about Amy being gone, and you’re trying to replace her with a bunch of cats.
- Sheldon: Clowder.
- Leonard: What?
- Sheldon: A group of cats is a clowder. Or a glaring. It’s the kind of thing you ought to know now that we have one.
- 2011, M.D. Pueppke, Fuzzy the Cat, The One and Only, “Getting on terms with the terms ↗”
- How ‛bout organizing a party of clowder chowder. You know, big servings of chowder for the cat clowder.
- 1984 15 April, Nelson Bryant, “Bevies of Terms Befuddle Prides ↗”, in The New York Times:
- (collective noun for “cats”) glaring
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