creature.
A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
Meaning & usage
A living being, such as an animal, monster, or alien.
insects and other creatures
An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
A human.
He's a creature of habit.
A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.
A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
Where this word comes from
Inherited from Middle English creature (“a created thing”), borrowed via Old French creature, from Late Latin creātūra, from creō. By surface analysis, create + -ure. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.
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