animal kingdom

noun

1. the animals of the world collectively.

animal kingdom

noun

1. a category of living organisms comprising all animals Compare plant kingdom mineral kingdom

animal kingdom

1. 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.

Word History and Origins

Origin of animal kingdom¹

First recorded in 1840–50

Example Sentences

Sir David Attenborough's latest BBC One series documents how parents from across the animal kingdom sacrifice everything in order to raise their young.

From BBC

Sir David Attenborough returns to BBC One on Sunday with a new five-part wildlife series showing how parents from across the animal kingdom sacrifice everything in order to raise their young.

From BBC

But however put-upon we may feel, our kids' failure to overtly and regularly praise us for our maternal virtues is nothing beside the societal lack of appreciation for some of the animal kingdom's great mothers.

From Salon

So in a striking act of scientific creativity, Liu turned to the animal kingdom and to human medical science to figure out what was going on.

From Salon

The sounds, those seductively embracing and those frightfully howling in the wind, became an acknowledged life in all its strangeness, the animal kingdom as counselor to our uncertainties, indulgences and differences.

From Los Angeles Times