Definition of animal kingdom Animal kingdom
an•i•mal king•dom
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| animal kingdom - taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals | ||
| Animalia, kingdom Animalia | ||
| kingdom a basic group of natural objects | ||
| animal, animate being, beast, brute, fauna, creature 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 | ||
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