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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Toothless looks pretty much the same: an adorably big-eyed, round-faced, expressive critter that will somehow remind you of your favorite pet.
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Since Laguna Beach’s coastline is mostly a Marine Protected Area, the kelp, along with anything in the tidepools, including rocks or any of the small critters, can’t be removed.
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To be fair, that is all particularly enhanced by a movie whose entire engine (and marketing) is fueled by a critter that wreaks mayhem and destruction at every turn.
—Brandon Yu, New York Times, 20 May 2025
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Rachel Davies, Architectural Digest, 16 June 2025
Toothless looks pretty much the same: an adorably big-eyed, round-faced, expressive critter that will somehow remind you of your favorite pet.
—Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 June 2025
Since Laguna Beach’s coastline is mostly a Marine Protected Area, the kelp, along with anything in the tidepools, including rocks or any of the small critters, can’t be removed.
—Erika I. Ritchie, Oc Register, 6 June 2025
To be fair, that is all particularly enhanced by a movie whose entire engine (and marketing) is fueled by a critter that wreaks mayhem and destruction at every turn.
—Brandon Yu, New York Times, 20 May 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 30 Jun. 2025.
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