critter or crittur /kritˈər/ (dialect and informal; now esp US)

1. A creature
2. An animal

• hop it
• hoplite
• hoplites
• hoplologies
• hoplologist
• hoplologists
• hoplology
• hop-oast
• hop-oasts
• hop-off
• hop-offs
• hop-o'-my-thumb
• hopped
• hopped-up
• hopped-wort
• hopper
• hoppers
• hop-picker
• hop-pickers
• hoppier
• hoppiest
• hop pillow
• hop pillows
• -hopping
• hopping