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First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
critter
crit·terToday it means: A creature, and specifically, an animal or something animal-like. Full definition →
Today it means: A creature, and specifically, an animal or something animal-like. Full definition →
First attested 1815, from a dialectal pronunciation of creature.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.