clowder

Meaning

A group of cats or other small felines.

Pronounced as (IPA)
/klaʊ̯dɚ/
Etymology

In summary

A variation, recorded since 1801, of clutter, itself from clot, from Old English clott (“round mass, lump”), from Proto-Germanic *klūtaz (hence cognate with Dutch kloot (“ball, testicle”), Danish klods (“a block, lump”) and German Klotz (“lump, block”)).

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