noun
- a living creature, especially a small animal
Usage: informal
Examples
- The barn was full of little critters scurrying around.
- What kind of critter made these tracks in the mud?
- The children loved watching the woodland critters at the nature center.
- That furry critter in the garden is probably a rabbit.
- We heard some critter rustling in the bushes last night.
- The old farmer knew how to deal with any critter that bothered his crops.