clowder

Etymology
A variation, recorded since 1801, of, itself from clot, from , from (hence cognate with 🇨🇬, 🇨🇬 and 🇨🇬).

Noun

 * 1) A group of cats or other small felines.
 * 2) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * 1) * 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.
 * How ‛bout organizing a party of clowder chowder. You know, big servings of chowder for the cat clowder.

Translations

 * Esperanto: kataro