as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
she's so fond of every kind of critter that she ought to be a veterinarian
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Recent Examples of critter
At some point, imagery of pastel rabbits and neon-yellow marshmallow critters will appear everywhere.
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
Ventilating your garage this way can also have other unintended safety consequences, like break-ins and critters.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
But once the critter was eliminated from the equation, cotton farms grew so much cotton that some farmers had to switch to other, more edible, crops to make a profit.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Better Habitat and Hunting in Roadless Areas Looking specifically at big-game species in the West, where around 87 percent of our National Forests are located, roadless areas provide the core habitat that elk, mule deer, and other critters rely on.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
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Elly Leavitt, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2026
Ventilating your garage this way can also have other unintended safety consequences, like break-ins and critters.
—Paige Moore, AZCentral.com, 20 Mar. 2026
But once the critter was eliminated from the equation, cotton farms grew so much cotton that some farmers had to switch to other, more edible, crops to make a profit.
—Arkansas Online, 19 Mar. 2026
Better Habitat and Hunting in Roadless Areas Looking specifically at big-game species in the West, where around 87 percent of our National Forests are located, roadless areas provide the core habitat that elk, mule deer, and other critters rely on.
—Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 19 Mar. 2026
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for critter
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The shelter receives 30 calls and emails a day from people finding animals on the street or giving up their pets, which has become more common as South Floridians struggle with higher costs of living.—
Amanda Rosa
April 9,
Miami Herald,
9 Apr. 2026
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The Red List of Threatened Species is a comprehensive information source on the global conservation status of animal, fungi and plant species.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
Noun
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Clements said the mistaken identification may have happened because the creature decomposed and lost its telltale shell before it was fossilized, complicating identification.—
ABC News,
ABC News,
9 Apr. 2026
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Artists are often secretive creatures, hesitant to disclose too much, and none more so than Marcel Duchamp, who spun slipperiness into an art form.—
Alex Greenberger,
ARTnews.com,
8 Apr. 2026
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“Critter.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/critter. Accessed 10 Apr. 2026.
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