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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In various sequences, kids and critters alike are in danger where Superman has to save them – including a curious squirrel.
—Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 July 2025
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—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 July 2025
The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club has declared Phil the most reliable of all the psychic critters.
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Ventilating your garage this way can have other unintended safety consequences, like break-ins and critters.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 2025
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Brian Truitt, USA Today, 11 July 2025
The 40-acre facility has among its list of roughly 1,600 critters, penguins, binturongs, sharks, dingoes, Flemish giant rabbits, servals, tree frogs, capuchin monkeys, moon jellyfish, pythons and orangutans.
—Katie Wiseman, IndyStar, 10 July 2025
The Punxsutawney Groundhog Club has declared Phil the most reliable of all the psychic critters.
—Haadiza Ogwude, The Enquirer, 2 July 2025
Ventilating your garage this way can have other unintended safety consequences, like break-ins and critters.
—Brandi D. Addison, Austin American Statesman, 2 July 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 18 Jul. 2025.
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