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Entry 2 senses Webster, 1913

critter

/(krĭt"tẽr)/ · crit·ter · IPA /ˈkɹɪtɚ/
01 n. Any animal; as, lots of critters come out only at night.
  1. 1.
    Any animal; as, lots of critters come out only at night.[U. S., western dialect]
  2. 2.
    A domestic animal or a non-predatory wild animal; -- contrasted with varmint, also dialectal.[U. S., western dialect]