kingdom
- noun
- /ˈkɪŋdəm/
- Specialized
- 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.
- We are just, you know, we're not special in the animal Kingdom.
- All right, now when you go from bacteria to eukaryotes, which are the, the, the Kingdom of life that we are part of, right?
Examples
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We are looking for biological kingdoms like animal, plant and fungus.
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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?
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The animal kingdom is full of...
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We are not a part of the animal kingdom.
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We're a part of the animal kingdom, too, aren't we?
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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.
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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.
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The animal kingdom includes various species such as mammals, birds, and reptiles.
Synonyms
A group of living things that scientists put together, like a species or family
A set of living things that are put together because they are related, for example lions and tigers
A rank in the classification of living things like species or family that shows how they are related
A group of plants or animals put together because they share traits
Idioms
Compounds
A country in northwestern Europe made of England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland
- Literature
A spiritual rule of God where people follow his will on earth and in heaven
A country in southwest Asia covering most of the Arabian Peninsula, ruled by a king and known for oil
- Literature
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
- Specialized
A group of living things like mushrooms, molds, and yeasts that are not plants
- Archaic
Very small simple living things like bacteria that have no nucleus in their cells
- Literature
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 in northern Europe that includes the Jutland peninsula and many islands
An ancient kingdom south of the Caucasus Mountains in what is now eastern and southern Georgia
A country made of the Netherlands and the Caribbean countries Aruba, Curaçao, and Sint Maarten
- Specialized
A large group of living things that includes all plants like mosses and flowering plants
- Archaic
A former group of single-celled living things without a nucleus, like bacteria
- Specialized
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
- Literature
A country in the Himalayas that was ruled by a king from 1768 to 2008
- Literature
A former Anglo-Saxon kingdom in northern England that existed until 876 AD
- Literature
Former official name of Eswatini, a small landlocked country in southeastern Africa with a king
A country in southwest Asia that is an Arab kingdom and borders the Red Sea
How Broad
Surface Forms
Morphology
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.