Warriors Glossary

Apprentice : a young cat training to be a Warrior under the supervision of their mentor.

Crow-food : rotting food.

Fox-dung : an insult; a stonger offense than mouse-brain.

Fresh-kill : recently killed prey.

Gathering : a meeting that the Clans hold uin peace at every full moon.

Greencough : severe chest infection, which can be fatal in elders and young kits.

Greenleaf : summer.

Greenleaf Twolegplace : a place where humans visit only in the summer. (a campsite, resort etc.)

Halfbridge : a dock.

Horseplace : fields and stables.

Housefolk : a house cat's word for its humans.

Kittypet : the Clans' name for a house cat.

Leaf-bare : winter.

Leaf-fall : auntumn/fall.

Loner : cat that lives peacefully on its own in one place but does not defend its territory.

Mentor : a warrior who has an apprentice to train.

Monster : usually refers to human machines such as cars and bulldozers.

Moonhigh : the time of night when the moon is at its highest - often midnight.

Mouse-brained : not very smart.

Mouse-dung : an insult; stonger than mouse-brain, but less offensive than fox-dung.

Newleaf : spring.

Nofurs : another word for humans.

One moon : one month (half-moon : two weeks; quarter-moon : one week)

Rogue : a potentially hostile cat who lives outside the Clans and never spends too long in one place.

Sharing tongues : term used to describe cats grooming each other.

Silverpelt : the Milky Way.

Sun-drown-place : the sea to the west where the sun sets.

Sunhigh : noon.

Thunderpath : a road.

Tree-eater : a bulldozer.

Twoleg Nest : a human house.

Twolegplace : a human town.

Twolegs : the Clans' word for humans.

Upwalkers : another word for humans.

Whitecough : mild chest infection.