Creature | Mean of creature in English Dictionary

/ˈkriːtʃɚ/

• Noun
• an animal of any type
1. rabbits, squirrels, and other furry creatures
2. They say that these forests are filled with wild creatures. [=beasts]
3. Few living creatures can survive without water.
• an imaginary or very strange kind of animal
1. fantastic/mythical/legendary creatures [=beasts, monsters]
2. strange sea creatures
3. a giant hairy apelike creature
• a person usually of a specified type
1. She's a creature of rare beauty.
2. A social creature by nature, he loves working with people.
3. The poor creature had no way to get home.

• a person or thing that is influenced or controlled by something specified
1. She's a creature of politics.
2. The industry is still a creature of the 1930s. [=it began in the 1930s and has not changed]
3. I'm a creature of habit. [=I always do the same things in the same way]