Animals as a grand division of nature; the animal kingdom (which see, under animal).
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noun.
taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals
Word Usage
"The diversity of kingdom animalia is immense, and to simply say that “Animals see more intense contrasts of light and dark because their night vision is so much better than ours” is rather misleading."