animal kingdom
noun
: a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct animals compare mineral kingdom, plant kingdom
Examples of animal kingdom in a Sentence
Recent Examples on the Web
Somewhere over the course of their evolution, the class of hydrozoans — which includes certain kinds of jellyfish, hydras, and colonial siphonophores such as the Portuguese man-of-war — lost the genes that operate circadian clocks in the rest of the animal kingdom.
—
Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Each new discovery seems to underscore just how singular the platypus is in the animal kingdom — a creature that doesn’t just bend the rules of biology but appears to exist in a category all its own.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
In other words, eliminating them from the animal kingdom would be like yanking an entire tier of Jenga blocks out of the middle of the tower.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
An emergency summit is convened, where the genial George is joined by louder, angrier rulers from across the animal kingdom.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for animal kingdom
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Marlowe Starling, Quanta Magazine, 20 Mar. 2026
Each new discovery seems to underscore just how singular the platypus is in the animal kingdom — a creature that doesn’t just bend the rules of biology but appears to exist in a category all its own.
—Ryan Brennan, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026
In other words, eliminating them from the animal kingdom would be like yanking an entire tier of Jenga blocks out of the middle of the tower.
—Jackie Flynn Mogensen, Scientific American, 15 Mar. 2026
An emergency summit is convened, where the genial George is joined by louder, angrier rulers from across the animal kingdom.
—Justin Chang, New Yorker, 6 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for animal kingdom
Cite this Entry
“Animal kingdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20kingdom. Accessed 24 Mar. 2026.
Copy CitationLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
