intelligent creature

collocation in English

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intelligent
adjective
uk
/ɪnˈtel.ɪ.dʒənt/us
/ɪnˈtel.ə.dʒənt/
showing intelligence, or able to learn and understand ...
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creature
noun[C]
uk
/ˈkriː.tʃər/us
/ˈkriː.tʃɚ/
any large or small living thing that can ...
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(Definition ofintelligentandcreaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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In that case, anintelligentcreaturewithout that mechanism would not be able to work out what words mean.
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A related point is that we believe that we could teach anyintelligentcreaturethat is sensitive to reasons how to work out what the law is.
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After all, anyintelligentcreaturewould have seen and recognised the markers that designated the area as a breeding site, safe from attack.
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These great creatures are extremely powerful and will come to the aid of anyintelligentcreature.
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Sometimes, he was depicted as a baboon holding up a crescent moon, as the baboon was seen as a nocturnal andintelligentcreature.
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I suppose it may be possible that there are intelligent creatures who had this as their life's meaning.
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In just the same sense, intelligent creatures could be said to obey or follow laws of physics.
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If the neothelid consumes anintelligentcreatureit will awaken to sapience and psionic abilities and grow to immense size, while retaining its memories of savage survival.
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The eblis is a highlyintelligentcreature, at least for a bird, and they have the technology to built communities of reed huts in hidden marsh clearings.
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They may not be highly intelligent creatures but at least they have a right to live a reasonably normal life.
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Those intelligent creatures had a simple choice: to stand up or lie down, nothing else.
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They were fascinating and intelligent creatures; clean, good housekeepers in their resting quarters; playful and curious about everything around them.
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There are also those who assert that a ruthless exploitation of less intelligent creatures is justified in the interests of expediency and progress.
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As a result, they make alliances with small groups of intelligent creatures, such as tribes of nomadic dragonborn.
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They believe that all intelligent creatures are endowed with free will.
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Females are called breeders and are docile, barely intelligent creatures who spend much of their lives hidden away in the nest to breed.
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They are the epitome of good, sacrificing whatever is necessary for the common good of intelligent creatures everywhere.
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They are intelligent creatures, which can be trained to whistle a wide repertoire of tunes and may even learn to speak a few words or phrases.
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