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ANIMAL KINGDOM
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
Synonyms:
animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("animal kingdom" is a kind of...):
kingdom (the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia)
Meronyms (members of "animal kingdom"):
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)
animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (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)
