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Noun: creature  kree-chu(r)
  1. A person who is controlled by others and is used to perform unpleasant or dishonest tasks for someone else
    "He was just a creature of the corrupt political machine";
    - tool, puppet
     
  2. Any non-human animal, esp. a land-living mammal
    "The national park has a variety of fearsome creatures";
    - animal, beast, brute
     
  3. [archaic] A living being
    "The forest was home to many strange creatures";
    - wight [archaic]

Derived forms: creatures

Type of: being, organism, slave

Encyclopedia: Creature