creature

noun5

1. •
   a living being of any kind, real or imagined, such as an animal or a monster

   • Urologists often want live sea horses for study of kidney disorders, for the sea horse is one of the few marine creatures with functioning kidneys. — 1960
2. •
   An unidentified, mysterious, and often monstrous animal or being.
3. •
   A human.

   • He's a creature of habit.
4. •
   A being subservient to or dependent upon another.
5. •
   A created thing, whether animate or inanimate; a creation.

   • Thoughts, my mindes creatures, often are with thee, / But I, their maker, want their libertie. — 1633