creature
Example Sentences
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Recent research from McGill University reveals that during the Cretaceous period, some sea creatures sat at the very top of an extraordinarily complex food chain, surpassing modern standards of ecological dominance.
From Science Daily
Villarreal: I feel like Mary Shelley’s “Frankenstein” is so steeped in the culture because the creature, the monster, is such a part of pop culture.
From Los Angeles Times
But local pigeon welfare campaigner Jenny Coupland said the birds were "brilliant" creatures and defended people's right to feed them.
From BBC
The last time these researchers spotted this type of “extraordinary octopus,” the creature was also holding part of a jellyfish, which at the time helped scientists understand its surprising diet of gelatinous animals.
From Los Angeles Times
His immortal creatures are dull, repetitive, empty; they express the ancient Greeks’ idea that the immortal gods suffer from terminal boredom.
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