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kingdom

kingdom

53 4.8
One of the main groups scientists use for living things like animals or plants
  • noun
  • /ˈkɪŋdəm/
  • Specialized
translation icon : reino (biología)
  • Ordinary consciousness is a remarkable quality that sets the animal kingdom apart from the plant kingdom.
  • animal kingdom
  • plant kingdom
  • five kingdoms

We are just, you know, we're not special in the animal Kingdom.

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Examples

  • We are looking for biological kingdoms like animal, plant and fungus.

  • Many other species in the animal kingdom are poly, including humans' close cousins, the bonobo chimpanzees.

    Academic text (2004)
  • What in the animal kingdom was that?

  • The animal kingdom is full of...

  • We are not a part of the animal kingdom.

  • We're a part of the animal kingdom, too, aren't we?

  • The children begin to realize that, for this one evening, hierarchies within the animal kingdom are disregarded.

    Academic text (2001)
  • A Jurassic lchthyosaur, the Ophthalmosaurus, stands out in the animal kingdom as having the largest eyes in proportion to its body.

  • We will start with single cell organisms and we will progress through the animal kingdom focusing on the reproductive cycles of spirogyra, flatworms, squids, cats and man.

  • The animal kingdom includes various species such as mammals, birds, and reptiles.

Synonyms

taxon
vskingdom
  • Specialized
1 9.1

A group of living things that scientists put together, like a species or family

is one of the main high-level ranks dividing life into broad groups
taxonomic group
vskingdom
  • Specialized
1 7.0

A set of living things that are put together because they are related, for example lions and tigers

is a named high-level group used to separate major forms of life
taxonomic category
vskingdom
  • Specialized
6.8

A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related

is a specific top-level rank used for broad divisions like animals and plants
biological group
vskingdom
  • Specialized
3.4

A group of plants or animals put together because they share traits

is a formal high-level classification used for major divisions like animals and plants

Idioms

kingdom come
  • Informal
12 8.6

A state after death or when something is completely destroyed

to kingdom come
  • Informal
11 9.4

Says that it is sent far away or completely destroyed

8.6

For a very long time, possibly forever

Compounds

A country in northwestern Europe made of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

animal kingdom
  • Specialized
16 2.5

All animals, living and extinct, that are not plants or fungi

Kingdom of God
  • Literature
9 7.9

A spiritual rule of God where people follow his will on earth and in heaven

plant kingdom
  • Specialized
3 4.1

A group of living things that includes mosses, ferns, and trees

A country in southwest Asia covering most of the Arabian Peninsula, ruled by a king and known for oil

Hermit Kingdom
  • Literature
1 8.8

A country that keeps itself very separate from other countries, for example North Korea

The official name of the country in northwest Europe made of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland

fungus kingdom
  • Specialized
6.3

A group of living things like mushrooms, molds, and yeasts that are not plants

kingdom Fungi
  • Specialized
5.2

A large group of living things that includes mushrooms and yeasts

kingdom Monera
  • Archaic
9.1

Very small simple living things like bacteria that have no nucleus in their cells

kingdom of Pisces
  • Literature
9.9

A place in your mind where imagination and artistic feeling are strong

A northwest European country with a king and the main offices of the European Union

A country with no sea in the eastern Himalayas between India and China

A country in Southeast Asia with the capital Phnom Penh

A country in northern Europe that includes the Jutland peninsula and many islands

kingdom Animalia
  • Specialized
4.9

A group that contains all animals, living and extinct

An ancient kingdom south of the Caucasus Mountains in what is now eastern and southern Georgia

A country in southern Africa that is entirely surrounded by South Africa

An island country in the South Pacific with a king

A country made of the Netherlands and the Caribbean countries Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten

kingdom Plantae
  • Specialized
5.8

A large group of living things that includes all plants like mosses and flowering plants

8.8

A former group of single-celled living things without a nucleus, like bacteria

kingdom Protoctista
  • Specialized
9.6

A group of mainly single-celled living things like algae and protozoa that are not plants or animals

A country in northwest Africa ruled by a king with a mostly Muslim population

Kingdom of Nepal
  • Literature
5.3

A country in the Himalayas that was ruled by a king from 1768 to 2008

9.9

A former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England that existed until 876 AD

A country in northern Europe ruled by a king with a long coastline

A country in southwestern Europe with a king and an elected government

6.4

Former official name of Eswatini, a small landlocked country in southeastern Africa with a king

The official name of Sweden, a country in northern Europe

A country in Southeast Asia often called Thailand

mineral kingdom
  • Specialized
7.2

A group of non-living natural materials like rocks and metals

A country in southwest Asia that is an Arab kingdom and borders the Red Sea

How Broad

kingdom
  • Specialized
53 4.8
phylum
  • Specialized
4 8.7
order
  • Specialized
66 7.5
family
  • Specialized
155 4.0
genus
3 7.5
species
  • Specialized
905 2.7

Surface Forms

kingdom singular
kingdoms plural

Morphology

kingdom = king (semi-transparent) = king + dom

The taxonomic sense is an extension of 'realm'/'domain' to a scientific category and may not be obvious without knowledge of biological classification.

Etymology

Kingdom was used by biologists to name very large groups of living things because they thought of each group as its own 'realm' under one rule, using the same idea of king and -dom. That's why big groups like Animalia and Plantae are called 'kingdoms' in biology.