blue month: one cycle of blue moon, usually 30 to 90 days.
canid: any creature in the canine family, either two-legged or four-legged, including canine-type shelts, such as foxlings.
cowry catchers: manatee shelts.
fauns: shelts with hooves.
felid: any creature in the cat family, either two-legged or four-legged, including cat-type shelts, such as grishnards.
nauns: shelts with neither hooves nor paws, e.g. manatee shelts and seal shelts.
panauns: shelts with paws.
red month: one cycle of red moon, about 60 days.
shelt: a two-legged creature having a humanoid body from the waist up and resembling some kind of animal from the waist down. Shelts have pointed, tufted ears.
watch: a period of time approximately four hours long. Shelts count four watches for the day and two watches for the night.
yellow month: one cycle of yellow moon, about 15 days.