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clowder
clowd·er
/
ˈklaʊ
dər
/
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klou
-der
]
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noun
a group or cluster of cats.
Origin:
1795–1805;
variant of dial.
clodder
clotted mass, noun use of
clodder
to clot, coagulate,
Middle English
clothered, clothred
(past participle), variant of
clotered;
compare obsolete
clotter
to huddle together; see
clutter
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clowder
1811, variant of
clutter
.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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