Cases of word usage

1) a creature with feathers, usually able to fly (bird)

2) a small, long, crawling creature with many legs (centipede)

3) (in stories) a small fairy; mischievous little creature (elf)

4) a creature like a short worm (called a larva or grub) that is the young of a fly or other insect (maggot)

5) a kind of very small creature that can carry disease; small especially poor child; a very small or modest contribution or offering (mite)

6) a person, animal or thing of extraordinary or strange size, shape etc; (in stories) a strange, usually frightening, imaginary creature (monster)

7) a small creature of the spider group with a poisonous sting in its long, jointed tail (scorpion)

8) a kind of creature with eight legs that can make a net (web) to catch insects (spider)

9) a light, regularly repeated sound, especially of a clock or watch; a moment; a small creature that fastens itself on the skin and sucks blood; a small mark to show that something is correct (tick)