Fleeters Glossary

This page is to serve as a glossary for the terms used in Fleeters.

Allopreening
When one raptor preens the feathers of another, usually its mate. Used as a form of affections to one another. Raptors call it "mutual preening".

Apprentice
A raptor or owl that is going through training, similar to the Clan cat's word for apprentice. All apprentice names end in -wing.

Archaeopteryx
A legendary creature to the raptors, said to be the link between reptiles and birds.

Avis magica
Latin for "magical bird". A hookbeak's term for a nightjar, frogmouth, potoo, oilbird or owlet-nightjar, because of their strange and magical, 'voodoo-like' appearances.

Bird of prey
A nofeather's term for all hooked-beaked birds with talons and sharp eyesight. Includes vultures, falcons, kites, eagles, hawks, caracaras, secretarybirds, ospreys and owls.

Chick
A raptor that is too young to be an apprentice, or a raptor that hasn't fledged yet. All chick names end in -chick.

Dam
A mother hawk, used moreso than the word mother.

Eaglet
A eagle chick.

Falconet

 * A) A falcon chick.
 * B) A very small falcon found in Southeast Asia (genus Microhierax or South America (Spot-winged Falconet).

Grus
A hookbeak's version of their god. He is depicted as a large crane.

Hawkling
A hawk chick.

Huenon

 * Also wheknown in hookbeak.

A female raptor. A portmanteau of the English word hen and the French word guenon (female). Pronounced $$WEH-nohn$$, although raptors spell it as wheknown.

Hookbeak
A raptor or owl's term for birds of prey, but also shrikes and parrots.

Kitelet
A kite chick.

Leader
A leader of a group of raptors in a certain territory. All leader names end in -ipteryx or -pteryx (a reference to Archaeopteryx).

Morphs
Recognisable different forms of a species, usually colour related, as in "dark" or "light" morphs. Raptors call them "colour forms".

Mute
A hookbeak's feces.

Nofeather
A human, called nofeather for a reason!

Raptors
Any of the diurnal birds of prey, general excluding owls.

Raptor Code
A set of laws governing all species of raptors, including owls.

Scavenger
A bird that eats carrion, offal and other decaying material.

Sire
A father hawk, used moreso than the word father.

"Son of a goose!"
A curse word, similar to a nofeather's term that has similar meaning. Geese are generally considered stupid by raptors.

Thundermaker
A hookbeak's term for guns.

Warrior
A raptor or owl that is able to fight, and has gone through apprentice training. Similar to the Clan cat's word for warrior. All warriors names end in a variety of words, including -face, -wing, -beak, -feather, etc.

“What on Grus' green earth?”
Similar to “What in God's name?” Or “What the heck?”