| animalia | | |
| n. (animal) | 1. animal kingdom, animalia, kingdom animalia | taxonomic kingdom comprising all living or extinct animals. |
| ~ animal, animate being, beast, creature, brute, fauna | a living organism characterized by voluntary movement. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ metazoa, subkingdom metazoa | multicellular animals having cells differentiated into tissues and organs and usually a digestive cavity and nervous system. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ phylum platyhelminthes, platyhelminthes | flatworms. |
| ~ nemertea, nemertina, phylum nemertea, phylum nemertina | proboscis worms. |
| ~ 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. |
| ~ kingdom | the highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia. |
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