ANIMALIA

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does Animalia mean? 

• ANIMALIA (noun)
  The noun ANIMALIA has 1 sense:

1. taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

  Familiarity information: ANIMALIA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• ANIMALIA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

animal kingdom; Animalia; kingdom Animalia

Hypernyms ("Animalia" 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 "Animalia"):

Nemertea; Nemertina; phylum Nemertea; phylum Nemertina (proboscis worms)

phylum Platyhelminthes; Platyhelminthes (flatworms)

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)

Metazoa; subkingdom Metazoa (multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system)

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)

animal; animate being; beast; brute; creature; fauna (a living organism characterized by voluntary movement)

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)

 Context examples 

There are five biological kingdoms (Monera, Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia) into which organisms are grouped, based on common characteristics.

(Kingdom, NCI Thesaurus)

Tissue and cells from the general category of the kingdom Animalia (multicellular animals) including those phyla whose members lack a notochord.

(Invertebrate Tissue and Cells, NCI Thesaurus)