clowder
clowder · clowders
A group of cats or other small felinesA group of cats or other small felines.
UK/ˈklaʊ̯də/US/ˈklaʊ̯dɚ/
Meaning
1 senses(collective)A group of cats or other small felines.
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.
a group of cats
Origin
A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“rA variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“round mass, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball, testicle”), Danish klods (“a block, lump”) and German Klotz (“lump, block”)).
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