Animalia

American  

[an-uh-mey-lee-uh, -meyl-yuh] / ˌæn əˈmeɪ li ə, -ˈmeɪl yə /

noun

(used with a singular or plural verb)

1. the taxonomic kingdom comprising all animals, including humans.

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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

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 longtime animal rights activist and vegan, she turned her attention to a new project: Flora Animalia, an urban garden where she hosts educational food workshops and crafting seminars.

From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020

Kingdom Animalia is comprised of multicellular, heterotrophic organisms.

From Textbooks • Sep. 6, 2018

This is to be called Protista, and is to include all the doubtful forms that are not clearly members either of the Kingdom Animalia or of the Kingdom Vegetabilia.

From The Gospel Of Evolution From "The Atheistic Platform", Twelve Lectures by Aveling, Edward