animalia
/ˌænɪˈmeɪliə/
noun
- The biological kingdom that includes all animals, from sponges to humans.
- All creatures in the kingdom Animalia are multicellular and must consume other organisms for energy.
- In biology class, we learned that Animalia is one of the five major kingdoms of life.
- The classification of a new species begins with determining whether it belongs to Plantae or Animalia.