creatures
You can refer to any living thing that is not a plant as a creature, especially when it is of an unknown or unfamiliar kind. People also refer to imaginary animals and beings as creatures.
Alaskan Eskimos believe that every living creature possesses a spirit.
阿拉斯加的爱斯基摩人认为每个活着的动物都有灵魂。
After more than a century of study, new marine creatures are still being discovered.
经过一个多世纪的研究,新的海洋生物仍然在不断被发现。