Terms

[Elena]

Time/Seasons
Leaf-bare - the season of winter
Newleaf - the season of spring
Greenleaf - the season of summer
Leaf-fall - the season of autumn
Moon - a 28-day period (one full moon to another), a month
Half-moon – 2 weeks.
Quarter-moon - a week
Moonhigh - Midnight
Sunhigh - Noon

Ranks/Names
Leader - the cat who leads a Clan
Deputy - the cat who is second-in-command to the Clan leader
Medicine cat - a cat who is trained specifically in the ways of healing
Warrior - a cat trained in the ways of combat; warriors defend, hunt for, and fight for their Clan
Apprentice - a cat who is in training to become a warrior or medicine cat
Queen - a she-cat expecting or nursing kits
Kit - a kitten
Elder - a retired warrior or medicine cat
Kittypet - a house cat; the term can also be used as an insult
Loner - a cat who is neither owned by humans or part of a Clan
Rogue - another term for loner; some cats find it offensive
Twoleg, Upwalker, Nofur - a human
Housefolk – term for a kittypet’s humans.

Expressions
Mouse-brained – stupid.
Mouse dung – Insult or minor curse word
Fox dung – Insult or stronger curse word

Other Terms
Fresh-kill - freshly caught prey
Crowfood - rotting, dead prey
Sharing tongues – cats grooming each other
Gathering - a meeting that the Clans hold in peace when the moon is at its fullest
Silverpelt - the large swath of stars in the sky; StarClan is represented by Silverpelt
Thunderpath - a road, more specifically, a highway
Monster - a human vehicle (cars, trucks, motorcycles, etc)
Halfbridge - a dock
Twoleg nest - a human house
Twolegplace - a human town
Horseplace - a horse ranch or stables