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Etymology
A 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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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.
2007, Kathryn Soper, Cat Wrangling Made Easy:Real cat fights are rare in established clowders. So instead of risking serious injury, cats resort to menace and threats.
- 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.
Synonyms
- (collective noun for “cats”): glaring
Hyponyms
- (collective noun for “cats”): kindle (group of kittens)
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