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Noun (3 meanings)
1. a living organism characterized by voluntary movement.
creature is a type of:
- organism, being (noun) - a living thing that has (or can develop) the ability to act or function independently
types of creature:
- acrodont (noun) - an animal having teeth consolidated with the summit of the alveolar ridge without sockets
- adult (noun) - any mature animal
- biped (noun) - an animal with two feet
- captive (noun) - an animal that is confined
- chordate (noun) - any animal of the phylum Chordata having a notochord or spinal column
- creepy-crawly (noun) - an animal that creeps or crawls (such as worms or spiders or insects)
- critter (noun) - a regional term for `creature' (especially for domestic animals)
- darter (noun) - a person or other animal that moves abruptly and rapidly
- domestic animal, domesticated animal (noun) - any of various animals that have been tamed and made fit for a human environment
- embryo, conceptus, fertilized egg (noun) - an animal organism in the early stages of growth and differentiation that in higher forms merge into fetal stages but in lower forms terminate in commencement of larval life
- feeder (noun) - an animal that feeds on a particular source of food
- female (noun) - an animal that produces gametes (ova) that can be fertilized by male gametes (spermatozoa)
- fictional animal (noun) - animals that exist only in fiction (usually in children's stories)
- game (noun) - animal hunted for food or sport
- giant (noun) - any creature of exceptional size
- herbivore (noun) - any animal that feeds chiefly on grass and other plants
- hexapod (noun) - an animal having six feet
- homeotherm, homoiotherm, homotherm (noun) - an animal that has a body temperature that is relatively constant and independent of the environmental temperature
- insectivore (noun) - any organism that feeds mainly on insects
- invertebrate (noun) - any animal lacking a backbone or notochord
- larva (noun) - the immature free-living form of most invertebrates and amphibians and fish which at hatching from the egg is fundamentally unlike its parent and must metamorphose
- male (noun) - an animal that produces gametes (spermatozoa) that can fertilize female gametes (ova)
- marine animal, marine creature, sea animal, sea creature (noun) - any of numerous animals inhabiting the sea including e.g. fishes and molluscs and many mammals
- mate (noun) - the partner of an animal (especially a sexual partner)
- metazoan (noun) - any animal of the subkingdom Metazoa
- migrator (noun) - an animal (especially birds and fish) that travels between different habitats at particular times of the year
- molter, moulter (noun) - an animal (especially birds and arthropods and reptiles) that periodically shed their outer layer (feathers or cuticle or skin or hair)
- mutant (noun) - an animal that has undergone mutation
- omnivore (noun) - an animal that feeds on both animal and vegetable substances
- peeper (noun) - an animal that makes short high-pitched sounds
- pest (noun) - any unwanted and destructive insect or other animal that attacks food or crops or livestock etc.
- pet (noun) - a domesticated animal kept for companionship or amusement
- pleurodont (noun) - an animal having teeth fused with the inner surface of the alveolar ridge without sockets
- poikilotherm, ectotherm (noun) - an animal whose body temperature varies with the temperature of its surroundings
- predator, predatory animal (noun) - any animal that lives by preying on other animals
- prey, quarry (noun) - animal hunted or caught for food
- racer (noun) - an animal that races
- range animal (noun) - any animal that lives and grazes in the grassy open land of western North America (especially horses, cattle, sheep)
- scavenger (noun) - any animal that feeds on refuse and other decaying organic matter
- stayer (noun) - a person or other animal having powers of endurance or perseverance
- stunt (noun) - a creature (especially a whale) that has been prevented from attaining full growth
- survivor (noun) - an animal that survives in spite of adversity
- thoroughbred, purebred, pureblood (noun) - a pedigreed animal of unmixed lineage
- varmint, varment (noun) - any usually predatory wild animal considered undesirable
- work animal (noun) - an animal trained for and used for heavy labor
- young, offspring (noun) - any immature animal
- zooplankton (noun) - animal constituent of plankton
creature is a member of:
- Animalia, kingdom Animalia, animal kingdom (noun) - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
creature is made from:
- animal tissue (noun) - the tissue in the bodies of animals
parts of creature:
- face (noun) - the part of an animal corresponding to the human face
- head, caput (noun) - the upper part of the human body or the front part of the body in animals
creature is derivationally related to:
- to animalize, animalise (verb) - represent in the form of an animal
- beastly, bestial, brute, brutish, brutal (adjective) - resembling a beast
- to make, create (verb) - make or cause to be or to become
Member of this domain - TOPIC:
- actinomycete (noun) - any bacteria (some of which are pathogenic for humans and animals) belonging to the order Actinomycetales
- adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup (adjective) - (of animals) fully developed
- all-devouring (adjective) - (of animals) both plant-eating and flesh-eating
- body, organic structure, physical structure (noun) - the entire structure of an organism (an animal, plant, or human being)
- to bone, debone (verb) - remove the bones from
- bone-covered (adjective) - (of animals) armored with bone
- crested, topknotted, tufted (adjective) - (of a bird or animal) having a usually ornamental tuft or process on the head
- to crop, graze, pasture (verb) - let feed in a field or pasture or meadow
- diet (noun) - the usual food and drink consumed by an organism (person or animal)
- to domesticate, tame (verb) - make fit for cultivation, domestic life, and service to humans
- to domesticate, domesticize, domesticise, reclaim, tame (verb) - overcome the wildness of
- to drench (verb) - force to drink
- epizootic (adjective) - (of animals) epidemic among animals of a single kind within a particular region
- flesh-eating, meat-eating, zoophagous (adjective) - (of animals) carnivorous
- free-swimming, unattached (adjective) - (of animals) able to swim about
- gregarious (adjective) - (of animals) tending to form a group with others of the same species
- half-blooded, half-bred, half-breed (adjective) - (of animals) having only one purebred parent
- hispid (adjective) - (of animals or plants) having stiff coarse hairs or bristles
- humaneness (noun) - the quality of compassion or consideration for others (people or animals)
- insectivorous (adjective) - (of animals and plants) feeding on insects
- microorganism, micro-organism (noun) - any organism of microscopic size
- nose (noun) - the sense of smell (especially in animals)
- plant-eating, phytophagic, phytophagous, phytophilous (adjective) - (of animals) feeding on plants
- registered (adjective) - (of animals) officially recorded with or certified by a recognized breed association
- sacrifice, ritual killing (noun) - the act of killing (an animal or person) in order to propitiate a deity
- schistosome dermatitis, swimmer's itch (noun) - a sensitization reaction to repeated invasion of the skin by cercariae of schistosomes
- side (noun) - either the left or right half of a body
- sitter (noun) - an organism (person or animal) that sits
- social (adjective) - tending to move or live together in groups or colonies of the same kind
- stander (noun) - an organism (person or animal) that stands
- trailing, tracking (noun) - the pursuit (of a person or animal) by following tracks or marks they left behind
- trap (noun) - a device in which something (usually an animal) can be caught and penned
- unregistered (adjective) - (of animals) not recorded with or certified by an official breed association
- vector, transmitter (noun) - any agent (person or animal or microorganism) that carries and transmits a disease
- wart (noun) - any small rounded protuberance (as on certain plants or animals)