clowder

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noun

Plural noun:

clowders

1.
A group of cats or other small felines.
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.
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.

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Đồng nghĩa

glaring clutter

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pride (for big felines)

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A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (round mass, lump), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with kloot, klods and Klotz).