Animalia
Americannoun
Usage
What is Animalia? Animalia is the scientific grouping that includes all animals. Scientists, historians, and others classify similar things together, using a taxonomy, in order to study them and describe them. In biology, the top category is the domain, followed by the kingdom, phylum, class, and several other categories. Animalia is the kingdom that contains all animals, including humans. Example: Mammals are among the dominant members of the Animalia kingdom.
Etymology
Origin of Animalia
First recorded in 1800–05; from New Latin, Latin: plural of animal “living being, animal, beast,” see origin at animal
Example Sentences
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In fact, even kingdoms of life beyond Animalia depend on darkness.
From Salon • Apr. 15, 2025
This article is part of Animalia, a column exploring the strange and fascinating world of animals and the ways in which we appreciate, imperil and depend on them.
From Washington Post • Jan. 6, 2023
Though she has been a designer for decades, Ms. Nichols sees Flora Animalia as a smaller, more focused endeavor.
From New York Times • Oct. 21, 2020
As a result, the two kingdoms of this time were Animalia and Plantae.
From Textbooks • Jan. 1, 2018
His "Aphorismi de Cognoscendis et Curandis Morbis nonnullis ad Principia Animalia accommodati" appeared in 1762.
From Chapters in the History of the Insane in the British Isles by Tuke, Daniel Hack
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