critter
noun/ˈkɹɪtɚ/US/ˈkɹɪtə/UK
Etymology
First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.
Definitions
A creature, and specifically, an animal or something animal-like.
- The San Juan market is Mexico City's most famous deli of exotic meats, where an adventurous shopper can hunt down hard-to-find critters such as ostrich, wild boar and crocodile.
A small locomotive used in an industrial setting.
- One of the biggest challenges facing a railfan photographer is the correct identification of one manufacturer's "critter" locomotive from that of another competing builder.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for critter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.
sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA