The Collaborative International Dictionary
Kingdom \King"dom\, n. [AS. cyningd[=o]m. See 2d King, and -dom.]
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The rank, quality, state, or attributes of a king; royal authority; sovereign power; rule; dominion; monarchy.
Thy kingdom is an everlasting kingdom.
--Ps. cxiv. 13.When Jehoram was risen up to the kingdom of his father, he strengthened himself.
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The territory or country subject to a king or queen; the dominion of a monarch; the sphere in which one is king or has control.
Unto the kingdom of perpetual night.
--Shak.You're welcome, Most learned reverend sir, into our kingdom.
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An extensive scientific division distinguished by leading or ruling characteristics; a principal division; a department; as, the mineral kingdom. In modern biology, the division of life into five kingdoms is widely used for classification. ``The animal and vegetable kingdoms.'' --Locke. Animal kingdom. See under Animal. Kingdom of God.
The universe.
That spiritual realm of which God is the acknowledged sovereign.
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The authority or dominion of God.
Mineral kingdom. See under Mineral.
United Kingdom. See under United.
Vegetable kingdom. See under Vegetable.
Syn: Realm; empire; dominion; monarchy; sovereignty; domain.
Animal \An"i*mal\, a. [Cf. F. animal.]
Of or relating to animals; as, animal functions.
Pertaining to the merely sentient part of a creature, as distinguished from the intellectual, rational, or spiritual part; as, the animal passions or appetites.
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Consisting of the flesh of animals; as, animal food.
Animal magnetism. See Magnetism and Mesmerism.
Animal electricity, the electricity developed in some animals, as the electric eel, torpedo, etc.
Animal flower (Zo["o]l.), a name given to certain marine animals resembling a flower, as any species of actinia or sea anemone, and other Anthozoa, hydroids, starfishes, etc.
Animal heat (Physiol.), the heat generated in the body of a living animal, by means of which the animal is kept at nearly a uniform temperature.
Animal spirits. See under Spirit.
Animal kingdom, the whole class of beings endowed with animal life. It embraces several subkingdoms, and under these there are Classes, Orders, Families, Genera, Species, and sometimes intermediate groupings, all in regular subordination, but variously arranged by different writers.
Note: The following are the grand divisions, or subkingdoms, and the principal classes under them, generally recognized at the present time: Vertebrata, including Mammalia or Mammals, Aves or Birds, Reptilia, Amphibia, Pisces or Fishes, Marsipobranchiata (Craniota); and Leptocardia (Acrania). Tunicata, including the Thaliacea, and Ascidioidea or Ascidians. Articulata or Annulosa, including Insecta, Myriapoda, Malacapoda, Arachnida, Pycnogonida, Merostomata, Crustacea (Arthropoda); and Annelida, Gehyrea (Anarthropoda). Helminthes or Vermes, including Rotifera, Ch[ae]tognatha, Nematoidea, Acanthocephala, Nemertina, Turbellaria, Trematoda, Cestoidea, Mesozea. Molluscoidea, including Brachiopoda and Bryozoa. Mollusca, including Cephalopoda, Gastropoda, Pteropoda, Scaphopoda, Lamellibranchiata or Acephala. Echinodermata, including Holothurioidea, Echinoidea, Asterioidea, Ophiuroidea, and Crinoidea. C[oe]lenterata, including Anthozoa or Polyps, Ctenophora, and Hydrozoa or Acalephs. Spongiozoa or Porifera, including the sponges. Protozoa, including Infusoria and Rhizopoda. For definitions, see these names in the Vocabulary.
Wiktionary
n. The regnum ''Animalia''; the set of all animals.
WordNet
n. taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals [syn: Animalia, kingdom Animalia]
Wikipedia
Animal Kingdom is a British alternative rock trio comprising Richard Sauberlich on vocals, guitar, and piano, Hamish Crombie on bass, and Geoff Lea on drums. They have released two studio albums; Signs and Wonders in 2009 and The Looking Away on 8 May 2012.
Animal Kingdom may refer to:
- Animal or the Kingdom Animalia, a classification of living organisms
- Animal Kingdom (horse), winner of the 2011 Kentucky Derby
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Disney's Animal Kingdom, a theme park at Walt Disney World, Florida, U.S.
- Animal Kingdom Resort Area, a group of resorts near the theme park
In performing arts:
- The Animal Kingdom, a 1932 play by Philip Barry
- The Animal Kingdom, a 1932 American comedy-drama film based on the play
- Animal Kingdom (film), a 2010 Australian crime film
- Animal Kingdom (band), a UK indie rock band
- Animal Kingdom, a 2008 album by Baseball
- Animal Kingdom, a 2010 album by Raptile
- Animal Kingdom (TV series), an American television series on TNT inspired by the 2010 Australian film
Animal Kingdom is a 2010 Australian crime film written and directed by David Michôd, and starring Ben Mendelsohn, Joel Edgerton, Guy Pearce, James Frecheville, Luke Ford, Jacki Weaver, and Sullivan Stapleton.
David Michôd's script was inspired by events which involved the Pettingill criminal family of Melbourne, Australia.
In 1991, two brothers Trevor Pettingill and Victor Peirce (along with two other men: Anthony Leigh Farrell and Peter David McEvoy) were acquitted in the 1988 shooting murder of two Victoria, Australia, police officers.
The film was critically acclaimed. It received 36 awards and 39 nominations, and Jacki Weaver received multiple awards for her performance, including an Academy Award nomination for Best Supporting Actress.
Animal Kingdom (foaled in Kentucky on March 20, 2008) is an American Thoroughbred racehorse best known for winning the 137th Kentucky Derby and the 2013 Dubai World Cup. His Derby win took place on May 7, 2011, before a record crowd of 164,858. After the Derby, Animal Kingdom finished second in the Preakness Stakes and sixth in the Belmont Stakes before his career was disrupted by injury. He returned to finish second in the 2012 Breeders' Cup Mile before winning the Dubai World Cup as a five-year-old in 2013. Animal Kingdom is the first Kentucky Derby winner to win a Grade 1 race at the age of five. He has won Grade 1 races on both dirt and synthetic surfaces.
Animal Kingdom is an American drama television series developed by Jonathan Lisco. It is inspired by the eponymous 2010 Australian film by David Michôd, who is executive producer for the series, alongside Liz Watts who also produced the movie. The series follows a 17-year-old boy, who, after the death of his mother, moves in with the Codys, a criminal family clan governed by matriarch Smurf. Ellen Barkin portrays the leading role of Janine "Smurf" Cody, played by Jacki Weaver in the 2010 film. Animal Kingdom debuted on TNT on June 14, 2016, and was renewed for a second season on July 6, 2016.
Usage examples of "animal kingdom".
Man cannot exist without them, while the fungi can certainly exist without us - in fact, without the entire animal kingdom.
Even polio, a devastating neuro-muscular disease, had done permanent harm to only a fraction of its victims--but they were mostly children, and adults protected children with a ferocity usually associated with the animal kingdom--and properly so, MacGregor thought, because the human psyche was programmed to be solicitous to children--which was why so much scientific effort had been devoted to childhood disease over the years.
The old gills with which the ancestral fish of the vertebrated line had breathed were inadaptable to breathing upon land, and in the case of this division of the animal kingdom it is the swimming bladder of the fish which becomes a new, deep-seated breathing organ, the lung.
Man cannot exist without them, while the fungi can certainly exist without us-in fact, without the entire animal kingdom.