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creature

noun as in being, beast

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The dolphinlike creature was nearly 5 meters long, about the length of a canoe.

We may now be in a world where in-person events are a rarity, but that hasn’t curbed our desire for gatherings as we’re naturally social creatures.

It keeps genes in the pool that might not be of use today, but might save a creature’s descendants from plagues, pestilence, and parasites.

During the Blob from 2015–2016, some creatures may have traveled more than 2,000 kilometers.

We are all creatures of habit, and shopping is largely habit-driven.

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Their logic: the sea-creature would come alive and drink up any remaining alcohol.

Exactly when the transition to modern domestic creature took place, for a bird that is wild to this day, is controversial.

And the Gävle Goat, apparently a sensitive creature, took the destruction hard.

Indeed, Dr. Shaheed has noted that Rouhani has only “limited authority” to change the system of which he is a creature.

Pillay used the 747 to deliver creature comforts, particularly for business travelers, that were previously unheard of.

He was the strangest-looking creature Davy had ever seen, not even excepting the Goblin.

Some of the alarm returned, however, when the creature attempted to climb up by his own ladder.

While Benjy sat contemplating this creature, and wondering what was to be the end of it all, a bright idea occurred to him.

That poor, pretty creature, starving, in her charming pink dress and hat of roses.

To hear the creature talk about it makes my mouth as a brick kiln and my flesh as that of a goose.

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On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to creature, such as: animal, critter, fellow, individual, living thing, and man.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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