animal kingdom

noun

1. the animals of the world collectively.

animal kingdom

noun

1. See mineral kingdom, plant kingdom
   a category of living organisms comprising all animals Compare plant kingdom mineral kingdom

animal kingdom

1. 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 .

Word History and Origins

Origin of animal kingdom¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Co-breeding is a common behavior in the animal kingdom where three or more adults will help raise offspring.

From Popular-Science

I think it’s now generally accepted that we are not the only beings on the planet with personalities, minds, and emotions — that we are part of and not separated from the rest of the animal kingdom.

From Vox

Science is coming around to understanding that we are part of the animal kingdom.

From Vox

Not only is the idea of the attentive, present father a fairly recent concept, it’s one with virtually no precedent in the animal kingdom.

From Ozy

Today more than 50 labs use flies to study sleep, generating findings that suggest that sleep has a set of core features present across the animal kingdom.

From Quanta Magazine

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From The Daily Beast

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg

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

From Project Gutenberg