animal kingdom
noun
: a basic group of natural objects that includes all living and extinct animals compare mineral kingdom, plant kingdom
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This type of research is cutting-edge, because ultra-black coloration is extremely rare in the animal kingdom.
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Within species, color variations are found throughout the animal kingdom, including melanistic animals with more dark pigmentation and leucistic animals with a reduction of pigment.
—Elizabeth Carlen, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
This, in many ways, applies similarly to the animal kingdom—including marine mammals.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Purple: Words that sounds the same, spelt different that sound like creatures from the animal kingdom.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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Eli Wizevich, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 Dec. 2024
Within species, color variations are found throughout the animal kingdom, including melanistic animals with more dark pigmentation and leucistic animals with a reduction of pigment.
—Elizabeth Carlen, Discover Magazine, 31 Oct. 2024
This, in many ways, applies similarly to the animal kingdom—including marine mammals.
—Scott Travers, Forbes, 17 Dec. 2024
Purple: Words that sounds the same, spelt different that sound like creatures from the animal kingdom.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 13 Dec. 2024
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“Animal kingdom.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/animal%20kingdom. Accessed 9 Jan. 2025.
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