superkingdom

/ ˈsuːpəˌkɪŋdəm /

noun

another name for domain

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Many of Earth’s extremophiles belong to the Archaea domain, a superkingdom on the tree of life that is separate from both bacteria as well as the eukaryotes, which encompass all plants, fungi and animals, including us.