Creature
"Creature" was a term which described an animal or a sentient individual.

In his commencement address at Princeton in 2063, Zefram Cochrane called the Borg "cybernetic creatures from the future." ()

Sub-Commander T'Pol once suggested that Phlox could place his creatures together in their cages but Phlox told her they would eat each other. ()

Doctor Phlox later also used the word "creature" to describe what he didn't wish to turn into following his assimilation. ()

The Talosian Magistrate referred to Captain Christopher Pike as a "creature" in a conversation with other Talosians. ()

The Horta of Janus VI was referred to as a "creature." ()

The Bajoran mythology called the Dal'Rok a "mythical energy creature". ()

See also 
 Artificial creature
 Colony creature
 M-113 creature

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