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animal kingdom

noun

animal kingdom

a category of living organisms comprising all animals Compare plant kingdom mineral kingdom

animal kingdom

The group of living things typically distinguished from members of the plant kingdom by the power of moving from place to place and by a metabolism that does not use photosynthesis .

First recorded in 1840–50

In a Vice Video aptly called “Animal Fuckers” one unnamed man explains what turns him on in the animal kingdom.

The tiger is one of the most fearsome predators of the animal kingdom.

On a darker note, mallards, it turns out, are the deviants of the animal kingdom.

One sign that depression is an adaptive behavioral response is its widespread presence in the animal kingdom.

In the final, he matches up against his estranged brother, played by Aussie Joel Edgerton (Animal Kingdom).

His grand work, the Animal Kingdom, forms an imperishable monument of his genius.

In the animal kingdom, besides the elephants, I was much struck by the number and tameness of the ravens of Ceylon.

In him are we all—no creed nor color barred—indebted for our first striking and imperfect impressions of the animal kingdom.

It will be the purpose of the following pages to show the chief characteristics of the great groups of the animal kingdom.

Kindness to the animal kingdom is the first, or a first principle in the growth of true philanthropy.

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