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

1. A creature
2. An animal

• cush
• cushat
• cushats
• cushaw
• cushaws
• cushes
• cushier
• cushiest
• cushiness
• cushinesses
• Cushing's disease
• Cushing's syndrome
• cushion
• cushioned
• cushionet
• cushionets
• cushioning
• cushion-plant
• cushions
• cushion star
• cushion stars
• cushion-tire
• cushion-tyre
• cushiony
• Cushite