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.—
People Weekly
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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Hopefully, this will cause the critters to leave your community.
—Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Because of their impact on native frogs and other critters, the Cuban tree frog leaps onto the list of Florida’s worst invasive species.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Last fall, Cromwell Valley Park’s critter cam captured a solitary beaver about 1000 yards downstream from that bridge, starting a new dam.
—Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
But unbeknownst to the critter, a large predator lurked nearby.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
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Gary Singer, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2025
Because of their impact on native frogs and other critters, the Cuban tree frog leaps onto the list of Florida’s worst invasive species.
—Alan Clemons, Outdoor Life, 20 Feb. 2025
Last fall, Cromwell Valley Park’s critter cam captured a solitary beaver about 1000 yards downstream from that bridge, starting a new dam.
—Carl R. Gold, Baltimore Sun, 19 Feb. 2025
But unbeknownst to the critter, a large predator lurked nearby.
—Michelle Mastro, Smithsonian Magazine, 18 Feb. 2025
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“Critter.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/critter. Accessed 23 Mar. 2025.
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