Critter

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  critter \crit"ter\ (kr[i^]t"t[~e]r), n. [from creature.] [Also
     spelled {crittur}.]
     1. Any animal; as, lots of critters come out only at night.
        [U. S., western dialect]
        [PJC]
  


     2. Specifically: A domestic animal or a non-predatory wild
        animal; -- contrasted with {varmint}, also dialectal. [U.
        S., western dialect]
        [PJC]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  critter
       n : a regional term for creature (especially domestic animals)

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  94 Moby Thesaurus words for "critter":
     Brahman, Houyhnhnm, Indian buffalo, an existence, animal, aurochs,
     beast, beef, beef cattle, beeves, being, bison, body, bossy,
     bovine, bovine animal, brood mare, brute, buffalo, bull, bullock,
     calf, carabao, cattle, charger, colt, courser, cow, creature,
     creeping thing, dairy cattle, dairy cow, dobbin, dogie,
     dumb animal, dumb friend, entelechy, entire, entire horse, entity,
     equine, filly, foal, gelding, heifer, hornless cow, horse,
     individual, kine, leppy, life, living being, living thing, mare,
     maverick, milch cow, milcher, milk cow, milker, monad, mount,
     muley cow, muley head, musk-ox, nag, neat, object, organism, ox,
     oxen, person, persona, personality, prancer, something, soul,
     stallion, steed, steer, stirk, stot, stud, studhorse, tarpan,
     thing, top horse, unit, varmint, war-horse, wild horse, wisent,
     yak, yearling, zebu