as in animal
one of the lower animals as distinguished from human beings
I've become used to sharing our cabin in the woods with all sorts of little beasties
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Hard Science Marine biologists discover 4 new types of photoreceptor
How do these little beasties detect light anyway?
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Big Think, 24 June 2024
The movie hinges on his hunt for the fabled Black Trident, an ancient instrument of evil that allows Wan to indulge his usual appetite for all manner of supernatural, subterranean beasties.
—A.a. Dowd, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2024
Like all the musical’s beasties, Rosie is a puppet, and the production’s use of that artistic device is deftly integrated.
—Elisabeth Vincentelli, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2024
Yoong and about 100 other dog-pushers were confined in a ramshackle complex of stilted, timber shacks with thatch roofs, which became their home for a month, subsisting on two daily meals of rice and vegetables while being feasted upon by mosquitos and assorted beasties.
—TIME, 21 Mar. 2024
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“Beastie.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/beastie. Accessed 30 Nov. 2024.
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