living creatures (9)
(Other definitions for animals that I've seen before include "Living beings" , "brutal men" , "Living things" , "Wild beasts" , "Living organisms characterised by voluntary movement" .)
(Other definitions for organisms that I've seen before include "Strange living structures of Mrs Saigon" , "Living systems of Mrs Saigon" , "So margins, strangely, could be living things" .)