living creature
collocation in Englishmeaningsoflivingandcreature
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living
adjective
uk/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/us/ˈlɪv.ɪŋ/
alive ...
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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 oflivingandcreaturefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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In conclusion, "in search of a theory" for mental imagery, the fundamental dynamics of everylivingcreatureshould not be neglected.
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Man is alivingcreaturethat coexists in groups with a social structure and that is aware of his past and cultural identity.
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This is only one of many ways in which non-living materials can mimic the backscattering effect of alivingcreature.
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The amate is alivingcreature, a plant that generally is quite big.
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Noah, his wife, and their three sons and their wives survived, and everylivingcreatureoutside the ark was destroyed.
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When alivingcreaturedies, it is alive one moment and dead the next instant.
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The blue whale, for example, is the largestlivingcreatureto have existed on the planet—even larger than the most massive of the dinosaurs.
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Instead of thelivingcreaturewe are left with a kind of butcher's shop of dismembered joints.
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The longest period of gestation of anylivingcreatureis that of the elephant, which takes 19 to 21 months.
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Surely we shall also be judged as a nation by man's inhumanity to anylivingcreature.
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Nolivingcreatureoperates according to conventional thermodynamics, otherwise we would not live as long as we do.
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I believe that that is longer than whales, elephants, human beings or any knownlivingcreature.
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Life shows that anylivingcreaturethat gives up the struggle is condemned to extinction!
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There is a need for the opportunity to learn by poking with a stick—to learn which end of alivingcreatureis more likely to bite.
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I believe it is equally true to say that the death of every man and the suffering and death of everylivingcreaturediminishes us all.
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It is no accident that the human young need longer to mature, grow up and be supported than any other younglivingcreature.
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It is the dilemma of conservation that very often one conserves one species, one type oflivingcreature, and that in turn destroys another.
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In common usage the word means research carried out on a human being, orlivingcreatureof any kind, for the benefit of all the members of that species.
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They also offer physical contact with anotherlivingcreature, something that is often missing in an elder's life.
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The good composed of all goods; an ability which suffices for living well; perfection in respect of virtue; resources sufficient for alivingcreature.
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