critter
/ˈkrɪtə(r)/noun
1- informal or dialect, chiefly US a living creature; an animal〈非正式或方, 主美〉生物; 动物。
1.1
- usu. with adj. a person of a particular kind…样的人：
the old critter used to live in a shack.
那个老人过去常住在一间棚屋里。
词源
early 19th cent.:variant of CREATURE.