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animal kingdom

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noun

the animals of the world collectively.

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RELATED WORDS

animality, Animalia, fauna

Nearby words

animal cracker, animal faith, animal farm, animal heat, animal husbandry, animal kingdom, animal liberation front, animal magnetism, animal park, animal pole, animal rights
Compare mineral kingdom, plant kingdom.

Origin of animal kingdom

First recorded in 1840–50
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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

Culture 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.

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