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| Term | Definition | |
| Call Name | call name: The name that a cat is called. Often a shortened form of the cat\'s registered name. For example, \"Ashley\" is the call name for the cat registered as \"CH Sheenah\'s Ashley of Ashmanor, DM.\" | |
| Calling | calling: The characteristic vocalizations (typically yowling, howling, or screaming) made by a queen in heat. | |
| Cat Fancy | cat fancy: The overall group of individuals, clubs, and registering associations involved with breeding and showing cats. | |
| Cattery | cattery: A group of cats that are part of a breeding program. \"Cattery\" is also sometimes used to refer to the physical structure that houses such a group of cats. | |
| Cattery Name | cattery name: A name registered with a cat registering association, used to identify cats bred by a particular breeder. A registered cattery name always appears a prefix on the names of cats bred by that breeder. It may be added as a suffix to the names of cats owned, but not bred by, that breeder. | |
| Certificate | certificate: In European associations like FIFe, cats are awarded certificates at shows, which are accumulated towards titles much in the way that points are accumulated in North American associations. | |
| Certified Pedigree | certified pedigree: A pedigree officially issued by a cat registering association. | |
| Championship | championship: The championship class at a North American show is open to whole adult cats that are purebred and registered and meet the standard for their breed. Altered cats compete in the premiership class. | |
| Coat | coat: A cat\'s fur. | |
| Crossbreed | crossbreed: The mating of cats of two different breeds. The offspring of such a mating is considered a hybrid. | |
| Crytorchid | cryptorchid: An adult male cat whose testicles have not descended into the scrotal sac. This is a disqualification in all associations. | |
