creature
n. countablen. any living thing that can move, such as an animal or a person. It is often used to describe animals that are unusual, scary, or interesting.
n. a living being, especially an animal as distinct from a human, or a person viewed in a specific way. Often used to emphasize the physical or instinctual nature of a living thing.
The forest is home to many strange creatures.
Deep-sea divers often discover tiny, glowing creatures that look like they belong on another planet.
The novelist describes the protagonist as a creature of habit, unable to function if his morning routine is disrupted by even a few minutes.
From Middle English creature in the original sense of “a created thing”, borrowed via Old French creature, criature, from Latin creātūra, from creō. Displaced native Old English ġesċeaft. Doublet of craythur and critter.
Commonly used in the phrase 'creature of habit' to describe someone with fixed routines.