animalia

plural noun

an·​i·​ma·​lia

ˌanəˈmālyə,

-lēə

often capitalized

: that one of the basic groups of living things that comprises either all the animals or all the multicellular animals compare animal kingdom, plantae, protista

Word History

Etymology

New Latin, from Latin, plural of animal

First Known Use

1902, in the meaning defined above

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