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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This log flume ride, which debuted in November 2024, is centered on the sites and sounds of 1920s Bayou Country, including zydeco and Afro-Cuban music, Mardi Gras, the culinary traditions of New Orleans and, of course, the region’s critters—crocodiles among them.
—Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 27 June 2025
Naming the critter Finnegan, the fox has been prominent throughout Mikayla's social media content.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 June 2025
The patchwork madras sport coat may be the loudest item in the preppy canon—no small achievement for an aesthetic that also celebrates critter pants and Nantucket Reds.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
The flowers, trees, little critters and sounds of birds.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 12 June 2025
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Michelle Baran, AFAR Media, 27 June 2025
Naming the critter Finnegan, the fox has been prominent throughout Mikayla's social media content.
—Greta Cross, USA Today, 27 June 2025
The patchwork madras sport coat may be the loudest item in the preppy canon—no small achievement for an aesthetic that also celebrates critter pants and Nantucket Reds.
—Eric Twardzik, Robb Report, 23 June 2025
The flowers, trees, little critters and sounds of birds.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 12 June 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 5 Jul. 2025.
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