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# creature

«creature» in Mova's school dictionary: **any living animal, big or small, like a bird, insect or fish** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (creature, creatures)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A creature is any living animal, big or small, like a bird, insect or fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#m1)

2) A creature can also be a made-up being in a story, like a dragon or a monster. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In maths: a thing counted, often animals, bugs or monsters in a story; legs or eyes counted per creature make a rate, so multiply. In science: sea creatures, creatures of the rainforest, how creatures survive. In stories: strange creatures, magical creatures. Phrases: living creature, sea creature, a little creature, creature of habit.

### examples

- There are 9 creatures in the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x1)
- Each creature has 6 legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x2)
- The game has 40 creatures to collect. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x3)
- 3 creatures hid under the rock. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x4)
- Crabs and starfish are sea creatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x5)
- The dragon is a creature from old stories. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x6)
- We found tiny creatures under the log. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x7)
- Be kind to all living creatures. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x8)
- The creature had three eyes and green fur. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x9)
- Not a creature could be seen. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/#x10)

### note

Say «CREE-cher». Usually used for animals, not for plants. Just the thing counted; legs or eyes «each» make a rate, so multiply. No clue to the operation by itself.

### In the corpora

- [Old forests with big trees store huge amounts of carbon and are home to many fungi and creatures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/252-plants-deeper-do-trees-talk-fungi-warning-smells-and-giant-clones/20/)
- [Alice mutters "It's really dreadful, the way all the creatures argue.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/11-alice-ch6-part1-pig-and-pepper/16/)
- [Now the creatures want Alice's adventures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/0/)
- [«How the creatures order one about, and make one repeat lessons!» thinks Alice — it's like being at school.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/20-alice-the-lobster-quadrille-2/5/)
- [Chalk and limestone are calcium carbonate too and fizz with acid; chalk cliffs are made from the shells of countless tiny sea creatures.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/18-the-fizz-vinegar-lemon-and-soda/19/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «creature» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/creature/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.