Wednesday, January 28, 2009

Kittenheads = a clowder of cats

According to AskOxford--which is my favorite dictionary website (what, you don't have one?)--the following are collective terms for groups of cats:

animal group or collective term notes

cats clowder
cluster or clutter
glaring
cats, wild destruction
dowt or dout also (perhaps erroneously) `dour'
kittens kindle or kendel also spelt `kinder'


According to the San Diego Zoo "pounce" is another one for cats. Surprisingly, there's nothing listed under "cats, kittenheads." Odd, that. Do any of my readers have any suggestions for appropriate terms for a pair of kittenheads?


My other favorites from the San Diego Zoo site include:
rattlesnakes: rhumba
alligators: congregation
owls: parliament

1 comment:

Bill Dingledine said...

FurrBalls -- that is if there are no bodies attached!