1
: something created either animate or inanimate: such as
a
: a lower animal
especially
: a farm animal
b
: a human being
c
: a being of anomalous or uncertain aspect or nature
creatures of fantasy
2
: one that is the servile dependent or tool of another : instrument
Examples of creature in a Sentence
rabbits, squirrels, and other furry creatures
Few living creatures can survive without water.
a giant hairy apelike creature
She's a creature of rare beauty.
A social creature by nature, he loves working with people.
The poor creature had no way to get home.
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
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—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
As an avid animal ally, White used the bright light of her stardom to advocate for creatures great and small.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis—both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created large whirlpools to drag its unsuspecting victims underwater.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 29 Mar. 2025
Where do the natural wonders of America’s wildlife in its mute creatures—the tortoises, birds, bumblebees, flowers, fish and forests—fit in the fiscal tug-of-war amid current political winners and losers?
—Noël Fletcher, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
As an avid animal ally, White used the bright light of her stardom to advocate for creatures great and small.
—Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
Researchers named the parasitic creature Sirenobethylus charybdis—both after the sirens of Greek mythology that lured in sailors to their doom and after Charybdis, a mythical sea monster that created large whirlpools to drag its unsuspecting victims underwater.
—Sara Hashemi, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 Mar. 2025
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“Creature.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/creature. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.
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creature
noun
crea·ture
ˈkrē-chər 
1
: a created being
2
a
: a lower animal
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