informal
: an animal : creature sense 1
Most of her sublime illustrations involve hippos and pigs, which are appealing critters, especially when they have a few chocolate smudges around the mouth.—
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People WeeklyWhen the wind is blowing just so, the field is set afire on three sides, and all manner of critters get flushed out of one end—snakes, possums, raccoons, and rabbits, lots of rabbits.—Alexander Wolff
Alexander WolffFlies, gnats, mosquitoes, ticks, mites and lice pester your horse year-round. If you ignore them, these critters can cause your equine friend months of misery.—Charlene Strickland
—sometimes used of a personCharlene StricklandSale admits that humans, being the relatively big-brained critters we are, cannot do without technology …—M. Kujawa
M. KujawaExamples of critter in a Sentence
The woods are filled with skunks, raccoons, and other critters.
she's so fond of every kind of critter that she ought to be a veterinarian
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Alina Hartounian, NPR, 12 Dec. 2025
The little critters who left over 450 pieces of poop around this joint.
—David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 12 Dec. 2025
Zoolumination at the Nashville Zoo And lastly, the Nashville Zoo is hosting the perfect cross of critters and holiday cheer.
—Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 12 Dec. 2025
To him, the AI critters look as good as real animals — the only difference is that the fake animals can talk.
—Liam Rappleye, Freep.com, 6 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for critter
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“Critter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critter. Accessed 15 Dec. 2025.
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