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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In the animal kingdom, mammals play dead so that a predator will lose interest in them; some female dragonflies do it to avoid mating.
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
In another group, Jackson, who introduces himself as a biologist, is talking about the animal kingdom.
—Noëlle De Leeuw, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
The elaborate hunting strategies of orcas are nearly legendary in the animal kingdom.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than prizing animals for their beauty, their virile traits or their straight-up cool characteristics, frogposting is all about vulnerable animals—the dweebs of the animal kingdom.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
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Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 22 Dec. 2025
In another group, Jackson, who introduces himself as a biologist, is talking about the animal kingdom.
—Noëlle De Leeuw, Vogue, 16 Dec. 2025
The elaborate hunting strategies of orcas are nearly legendary in the animal kingdom.
—New Atlas, 12 Dec. 2025
Rather than prizing animals for their beauty, their virile traits or their straight-up cool characteristics, frogposting is all about vulnerable animals—the dweebs of the animal kingdom.
—Hazlitt, 3 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for animal kingdom
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“Animal kingdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20kingdom. Accessed 31 Dec. 2025.
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