animal kingdom
Save This Word!
noun
the animals of the world collectively.
QUIZZES
QUIZ YOURSELF ON “ITS” VS. “IT’S”!
Apostrophes can be tricky; prove you know the difference between it’s and its in this crafty quiz!
Question 1 of 12
On the farm, the feed for chicks is significantly different from the roosters’; ______ not even comparable.
Compare mineral kingdom, plant kingdom.
Origin of animal kingdom
First recorded in 1840–50
Words nearby animal kingdom
animalism, animalist, animalistic, animality, animalize, animal kingdom, Animal Liberation Front, animally, animal magnetism, animal park, animal pole
Dictionary.com Unabridged
Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2021
Example sentences from the Web for animal kingdom
British Dictionary definitions for animal kingdom
animal kingdom
noun
a category of living organisms comprising all animalsCompare plant kingdom, mineral kingdom
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition
© William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins
Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
Cultural definitions for animal 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.
The New Dictionary of Cultural Literacy, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.