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animal kingdom

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noun
  1. the animals of the world collectively.
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Compare mineral kingdom, plant kingdom.

Origin of animal kingdom

First recorded in 1840–50
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Related Words for animal kingdom

animality, Animalia, fauna

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Historical Examples of animal kingdom

  • This story is repeated over and over again in the history of the animal-kingdom.

    The Whence and the Whither of Man

    John Mason Tyler

British Dictionary definitions for animal kingdom

animal kingdom

noun
  1. a category of living organisms comprising all animalsCompare plant kingdom, mineral kingdom
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animal kingdom in Culture

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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