Animalia

[an-uh-mey-lee-uh, -meyl-yuh]

noun (used with a plural verb) Biology.

the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals.

Origin of Animalia

< New Latin, Latin: plural of animal animal

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Related Words for animalia

animality, Animalia, fauna

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Historical Examples of animalia

Et quamvis dicta Animalia hominibus subjecta esse dicantur ut habetur Ecclesiast: 17.
The Criminal Prosecution and Capital Punishment of Animals
Edmund P. Evans
In the above table all vaccae, animalia and animalia ociosa are reckoned in the third column.
Domesday Book and Beyond
Frederic William Maitland
Thus, all creatures which agree only in presenting the few distinctive marks of animality form the “Kingdom” Animalia.
Man's Place in Nature and Other Essays
Thomas Henry Huxley