Terminology

5 1 0
                                    

                GENERAL TERMS

Crowfood – A dead prey animal that has begun to rot can also be used as an insult (see below).

Dirt – A cat's feces or dung.

Fresh-kill – A recently killed prey animal caught for the purpose of consumption. Fresh-kill is hunted by warriors and apprentices, and placed on the fresh kill pile or brought to the elders. Elders, kits, queens, and sick cats eat first, then warriors and apprentices. Extras stay in the fresh-kill pile. Always give thanks to StarClan for your prey and don't play with it.

Fourtrees – A place located in the forest territory, where the territory's corners would meet, in which four oaks stood and the Clans would gather in peace every full moon.

Gathering – The monthly meeting of all the Clans when the moon is full, at either Fourtrees or the Island. There is a truce on this night, and no fighting is allowed.

Horseplace – A horse ranch or stables.

Greenleaf  – A place frequented by Twolegs during summer, such as a resort or camping spot near the lake.

Kittypet – A domesticated pet cat that lives with two-legs, or a house cat.
Monster – A vehicle operated by humans. Some examples include cars, trucks, tractors, and ATVs. Motorboats are sometimes referred to as "water-monsters."

Mothermouth – The opening to the cave where the Moonstone is/was located.

Sharing tongues – Cats grooming each other while sharing the latest gossip. A cat lies on the ground, talking, while the other grooms their fur, listening.

Tree-eater – A bulldozer.

Silver boulder – A boulder that, when the silver disc is pulled off, holds Twoleg rubbish. To Twolegs, they are just trash cans.

Thunderpath – A paved road with an extremely acrid smell that cars often go across. The Thunderpath separated ThunderClan and ShadowClan in the original Territories. There is also one in ThunderClan territory by the lake.

Twoleg – A human, but some other cats like kittypets or Purdy (A former kittypet who became a loner who later on joined ThunderClan) call humans housefolk or upwalkers.

Twoleg Kit– A human child.

Twoleg Nest – A human's house.

Tom/tomcat – A male cat.

She-Cat - Usually used to describe a female cat.


                                                  TIME TERMS

Newleaf – The season of spring.

Greenleaf – The season of summer.

Leaf-fall – The season of autumn or fall.

Leaf-bare – The season of winter.

Moon – The time between one full moon and the next, spanning about 29 days, a month.

Moonhigh – When the moon is the highest in the sky; about midnight.

Moonrise – The time when the moon rises.

Half-moon – About two weeks, half a month.

Quarter-moon – About a week.

Sunhigh – The point during the day when the sun is highest in the sky; noon.

Sunrise – One day in cat time (i.e. One sunrise ago).

Season – A quarter of a year in cat time. Four seasons equal a year.

Heartbeat – A split second.

Claw-moon – When the moon resembles the shape of an unsheathed claw, equivalent to crescent moon.

Sundown The time of day when the sun is down.

Sunup The time of day when the sun is up.

WARRIORS: Betrayal Of The HeartWhere stories live. Discover now