animal kingdom
noun
: a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct animals compare mineral kingdom, plant kingdom
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Vultures are often seen as unsightly outcasts in the animal kingdom, yet their dirty work is needed to keep ecosystems healthy.
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
The animal kingdom is full of unlikely friendships.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Unlike anthrax, which modern medicine can treat, there may be ancient diseases locked in permafrost that the animal kingdom has not encountered in recent times.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
The event also took a turn into more wide-ranging events, with Trump reflecting on the animal kingdom in comparison to humankind, foreign dictators, the war between Ukraine and Russia, and Israel’s battle against Hamas.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2025
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Jack Knudson, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2025
The animal kingdom is full of unlikely friendships.
—Kelli Bender, People.com, 3 Apr. 2025
Unlike anthrax, which modern medicine can treat, there may be ancient diseases locked in permafrost that the animal kingdom has not encountered in recent times.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 16 Mar. 2025
The event also took a turn into more wide-ranging events, with Trump reflecting on the animal kingdom in comparison to humankind, foreign dictators, the war between Ukraine and Russia, and Israel’s battle against Hamas.
—Mabinty Quarshie, The Washington Examiner, 1 May 2025
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“Animal kingdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20kingdom. Accessed 28 May. 2025.
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