animal kingdom

animal kingdom

n.

A main classification of living organisms that includes all animals.

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animal kingdom

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Zoology) a category of living organisms comprising all animals Compare plant kingdom, mineral kingdom

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Noun

1.

animal kingdom - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals Animalia, kingdom Animalia animal, animate being, beast, creature, fauna, brute - a living organism characterized by voluntary movement animal order - the order of animals Chordata, phylum Chordata - comprises true vertebrates and animals having a notochord arthropod family - any of the arthropods arthropod genus - a genus of arthropods Arthropoda, phylum Arthropoda - jointed-foot invertebrates: arachnids; crustaceans; insects; millipedes; centipedes Parazoa, subkingdom Parazoa - multicellular organisms having less-specialized cells than in the Metazoa; comprises the single phylum Porifera coelenterate family - a family of coelenterates coelenterate genus - a genus of coelenterates Metazoa, subkingdom Metazoa - multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system ctenophore family - a family of ctenophores ctenophore genus - a genus of ctenophores Ctenophora, phylum Ctenophora - comb jellies; sea acorns; a small phylum formerly considered a class of Coelenterata worm family - a family of worms worm genus - a genus of worms Acanthocephala, phylum Acanthocephala - phylum or class of elongated wormlike parasites that live in the intestines of vertebrates: spiny-headed worms Chaetognatha, phylum Chaetognatha - arrowworms: a group of small active transparent marine worms phylum Platyhelminthes, Platyhelminthes - flatworms Nemertea, Nemertina, phylum Nemertea, phylum Nemertina - proboscis worms phylum Pogonophora, Pogonophora - beard worms phylum Rotifera, Rotifera - a phylum including: rotifers Aschelminthes, Nematoda, phylum Aschelminthes, phylum Nematoda - unsegmented worms: roundworms; threadworms; eelworms Annelida, phylum Annelida - segmented worms: earthworms; lugworms; leeches mollusk family - a family of mollusks mollusk genus - a genus of mollusks Mollusca, phylum Mollusca - gastropods; bivalves; cephalopods; chitons Phoronida, Phoronidea, phylum Phoronida - small phylum of wormlike marine animals Bryozoa, phylum Bryozoa, polyzoa - marine or freshwater animals that form colonies of zooids Cycliophora, phylum Cycliophora - tiny marine organisms each the size of a period found in great numbers on lobsters' lips; identified tentatively in 1995 as a new phylum or as possible link between Entoprocta and Ectoprocta Brachiopoda, phylum Brachiopoda - marine invertebrates that resemble mollusks phylum Sipuncula, Sipuncula - peanut worms echinoderm family - a family of echinoderms echinoderm genus - a genus of echinoderms Echinodermata, phylum Echinodermata - radially symmetrical marine invertebrates including e.g. starfish and sea urchins and sea cucumbers kingdom - the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia

Translations

animal kingdom n the animal kingdom → il regno animale