Animalia
Americannoun
Usage
What is Animalia? Animalia is the scientific grouping that includes all animals. Scientists, historians, and others classify similar things together, using a taxonomy, in order to study them and describe them. In biology, the top category is the domain, followed by the kingdom, phylum, class, and several other categories. Animalia is the kingdom that contains all animals, including humans. Example: Mammals are among the dominant members of the Animalia kingdom.
Etymology
Origin of Animalia
First recorded in 1800–05; from New Latin, Latin: plural of animal “living being, animal, beast,” see origin at animal
Example Sentences
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In fact, even kingdoms of life beyond Animalia depend on darkness.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025
This article is part of Animalia, a column exploring the strange and fascinating world of animals and the ways in which we appreciate, imperil and depend on them.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023
A portion of all Flora Animalia purchases go to the group.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020
The domain Bacteria comprises all organisms in the kingdom Bacteria, the domain Archaea comprises the rest of the prokaryotes, and the domain Eukarya comprises all eukaryotes—including organisms in the kingdoms Animalia, Plantae, Fungi, and Protista.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2015
Animalia cibum partim dentibus capessunt: compare this with ii. 23.
From Döderlein's Hand-book of Latin Synonymes by Döderlein, Ludwig
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