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creature

/ˈkɹi.tʃɚ/

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What does creature mean?

noun

  1. A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
  2. An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
  3. A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
More meanings (2)

noun

  1. A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
  2. (derogatory) A human.

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IPA pronunciation

/ˈkɹi.tʃɚ/

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Alice was just beginning to think to herself, “Now, what am I to do with this creature when I get it home?”
Lewis CarrollAlice's Adventures in WonderlandProject Gutenberg ebook #11
He fancied that he had felt himself in the penumbra of a very deep sadness when touching that slight and fragile creature.
Thomas HardyFar from the Madding CrowdProject Gutenberg ebook #27
More book examples (3)
When he got upon his feet at last and moved feebly downtown, a melancholy change had come over everything and every creature.
Mark TwainThe Adventures of Tom Sawyer, CompleteProject Gutenberg ebook #74
Tarzan looked with wonder upon the strange creature beneath him—so like him in form and yet so different in face and color.
Edgar Rice BurroughsTarzan of the ApesProject Gutenberg ebook #78
A wonderful fact to reflect upon, that every human creature is constituted to be that profound secret and mystery to every other.
Charles DickensA Tale of Two CitiesProject Gutenberg ebook #98