Definition of creature

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Creature (n.) Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man..

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Synecdochical :: Synecdoche (n.) A figure or trope by which a part of a thing is put for the whole (as, fifty sail for fifty ships), or the whole for a part (as, the smiling year for spring), the species for the genus (as, cutthroat for assassin), the genus for the species (as, a creature for a man), the name of the material for the thing made, etc..
Enthymeme :: Enthymeme (n.) An argument consisting of only two propositions, an antecedent and consequent deduced from it; a syllogism with one premise omitted; as, We are dependent; therefore we should be humble. Here the major proposition is suppressed. The complete syllogism would be, Dependent creatures should be humble; we are dependent creatures; therefore we should be humble..
Universally :: Universally (adv.) In a universal manner; without exception; as, God's laws are universally binding on his creatures..
Victim :: Victim (n.) A living being sacrificed to some deity, or in the performance of a religious rite; a creature immolated, or made an offering of..
Creatural :: Creatural (a.) Belonging to a creature; having the qualities of a creature.
Creature :: Creature (n.) Anything created; anything not self-existent; especially, any being created with life; an animal; a man..
Pinionist :: Pinionist (n.) Any winged creature.
Subordinate :: Subordinate (v. t.) To place in a lower order or class; to make or consider as of less value or importance; as, to subordinate one creature to another..
Leash :: Leash (n.) A brace and a half; a tierce; three; three creatures of any kind, especially greyhounds, foxes, bucks, and hares; hence, the number three in general..
Sea Horse :: Sea horse () A fabulous creature, half horse and half fish, represented in classic mythology as driven by sea dogs or ridden by the Nereids. It is also depicted in heraldry. See Hippocampus..
Creature :: Creature (n.) A human being, in pity, contempt, or endearment; as, a poor creature; a pretty creature..
Prodigious :: Prodigious (a.) Extraordinary in bulk, extent, quantity, or degree; very great; vast; huge; immense; as, a prodigious mountain; a prodigious creature; a prodigious blunder..
Creaturely :: Creaturely (a.) Creatural; characteristic of a creature.
Wound :: Wound (n.) A hurt or injury caused by violence; specifically, a breach of the skin and flesh of an animal, or in the substance of any creature or living thing; a cut, stab, rent, or the like..
Weakling :: Weakling (n.) A weak or feeble creature.
Grazer :: Grazer (n.) One that grazes; a creature which feeds on growing grass or herbage.
Kip :: Kip (n.) The hide of a young or small beef creature, or leather made from it; kipskin..
Hydrophobia :: Hydrophobia (n.) The disease caused by a bite form, or inoculation with the saliva of, a rabid creature, of which the chief symptoms are, a sense of dryness and construction in the throat, causing difficulty in deglutition, and a marked heightening of reflex excitability, producing convulsions whenever the patient attempts to swallow, or is disturbed in any way, as by the sight or sound of water; rabies; canine madness..
Beeve :: Beeve (n.) A beef; a beef creature.
Ronyon :: Ronyon (n.) A mangy or scabby creature.
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