Animal kingdom
the animals of the world collectively.
Contemporary Examples
One sign that depression is an adaptive behavioral response is its widespread presence in the animal kingdom.
How Depression Could Save Your Life Nick Romeo March 3, 2014
The tiger is one of the most fearsome predators of the animal kingdom.
Viral Video of the Day: International Tiger Day Jack Holmes July 28, 2014
In one day, animal kingdom had become the best-reviewed movie of the year thus far.
The Buzziest Movie of the Year Jacob Bernstein August 24, 2010
View our gallery of the latest developments in the animal kingdom.
Animals in the News The Daily Beast October 9, 2009
On the heels of the critically acclaimed neo-noir The Square comes the riveting crime-drama animal kingdom.
The Yes List: A Dark Aussie Film Stirring Up Oscar Buzz The Daily Beast August 26, 2010
Historical Examples
Nearly every class of the animal kingdom contributes members to this strange population.
Thomas Henry Huxley; A Sketch Of His Life And Work P. Chalmers Mitchell
There is none of what you call water, no vegetable world, no animal kingdom.
Raiders of the Universes Donald Wandrei
The Simiid—the most intelligent of the animal kingdom—are all diurnal animals, and essentially arboreal.
A Hand-book to the Primates, Volume 2 (of 2) Henry O. Forbes
In the animal kingdom the mule is a common example of this cross-breeding.
Agriculture for Beginners Charles William Burkett
Has not the intelligence of the animal kingdom increased during the geologic ages with the increase in the size of the brain?
The Last Harvest John Burroughs
noun
a category of living organisms comprising all animals Compare plant kingdom, mineral 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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