A Clowder of Cats?

@Aurone (4755)
United States
May 25, 2010 12:55am CST
Really, A clowder of cats. That is what dictionary.com says a grouping of cats is, a clowder. I can really say I have never heard of that before. I though it was a herd of cats (and yes I have two biology degrees and my own clowder of cats) so one would think I had heard of it before. Have you ever heard of a clowder of cats? Do you have your own Clowder of cats?
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scarlet_woman
@scarlet_woman (23463)
• United States
27 May 10
i have heard it,but i also have heard "conspiracy" and "colony". although with my 6,conspiracy often is more acurate,because if they're hanging together they usually are up to something
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Aurone
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
31 May 10
I have heard colony too. And I like conspiracy "a conspiracy of cats" has a nice ring to it.
marinarovi
@marinarovi (1318)
• Argentina
27 May 10
Hi scarlet_woman, definitely "conspiracy" suits 6 cats perfectly! (can I tell you a secret though? cats are ALWAYS up to something, even when they seem they are being nice to you for no reason, lol)
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marinarovi
@marinarovi (1318)
• Argentina
27 May 10
Hi Aurone, First of all, I don't know what "clowder" means. I'll look it up right now. Secondly, does ONE silly cat who I love deeply make a clowder? lol!!
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Aurone
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
28 May 10
One silly cat is good but I don't think it makes a clowder. Its a group of cats. I think I qualify with three. lol.
Aurone
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
31 May 10
Some cats are only cats kind of cats. My first cat Ashley probably wishes she had remained an only child.
marinarovi
@marinarovi (1318)
• Argentina
31 May 10
Well, my cat is silly and also she's a spoiled only cat. I thought of getting a little sister for her, but I don't think she'll feel good about it, lol.
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jesssp
@jesssp (2712)
• Canada
26 May 10
I think that was in one of my dad's bathroom readers once, lol. We referred to our two as a little clowder for a while after we first heard the word but I'd totally forgot about it until now! It's kind of a cute term isn't it?
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Aurone
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
26 May 10
yes, it is. I have three so I might actually have a clowder. I wonder who came up with it?
Aurone
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
31 May 10
me too. I guess lions are special. Most cats besides Lion and housecats don't live in groups anyways. Most of the others are solitary except when a female has cubs.
jesssp
@jesssp (2712)
• Canada
28 May 10
I guess ours technically wouldn't be a clowder, they're more like a pair. I always thought a group of cats was a pride but I guess that just refers to lions.
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Kayla Tsukino
@kaylachan (84760)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
26 May 10
When I was growing up I would have said yes, since we had anywhere from five to seven at any given time. But, now I'm down to two so I wouldn't consider that a clowder of cats. though like you I've never heard of the word. Interesting of what you can find online. Though I wonder if that's just wildlife, or domestics too.
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Aurone
@Aurone (4755)
• United States
26 May 10
It must be domestic because the only other real grouping of cats that you are likely to see is lions and they are called a pride. I was using dictionary.com to look up some terms and they have a revolving Did you Know feature and this was one of their tidbits of information.