Top most level of the common system used to classify life. Generally, five kingdoms are recognized: Monera, Protista, Fungi, Animalia, and Plantae.

A taxonomic category, the second broadest after domain.

Old English cyningdom; see king (n.) + -dom. Cognate with Old Saxon kuningdom, Middle Dutch koninghdom, Old Norse konungdomr. The usual Old English word was cynedom; Middle English also had kingrick ( [..]

/ˈkɪŋdəm/ noun plural kingdoms kingdom /ˈkɪŋdəm/ noun plural kingdoms Learner's definition of KINGDOM 1  [count] : a country whose ruler is a king or queen After Queen Mary I died, her half s [..]

type of government with a king or queen as its leader, or the land ruled by that king or queen. Read more in the NG Education Encyclopedia

A category of taxonomic classification that is broader in scope than Division

a domain in which something is dominant; "the untroubled kingdom of reason"; "a land of make-believe"; "the rise of the realm of cotton [..]

a country ruled by a king or queen

one of the main divisions used in the biological classification/taxonomy of organisms. Read more on: Kingdom

Modern classifications recognize five kingdoms, Bacteria, Protista or Protoctista, Animalia, Fungi and Plantae which in some systems are grouped into domains, traditionally the highest category used i [..]

Formerly the living world was divided up into two kingdoms: 

largest and most inclusive group in the Linnaean classification system

largest classification grouping. Kuiper Belt

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 The highest taxonomic level of the traditional Linnaean system of classification.

The next level of taxon, or division, of organisms; beneath Domain. An example is Animalia, a group of multicellular organisms that are capable of movement, response and feeding

In the Linnaean classification the highest taxonomic rank. Traditionally only included plants and animals; Whittaker-Margulis classification scheme adds three more kingdoms, and other researchers such as Thomas Cavalier-Smith have added additional kingdoms.

A level of classifying all living things on earth, as similar species are broken into 5 groups including plants, animals and fungi. Larva A young insect that is independent of an looks very different [..]

The largest group for classification of living things (taxonomy). There are five kingdoms that scientists put all living things (organims) into: Animal Kingdom, Plant Kingdom, Fungi Kingdom, Protist K [..]

life on earth is divided into kingdoms, such as animals (Animalia), plants (Plantae) and fungi. ‘Kingdom’ is the largest grouping of similar organisms; ‘species’ is the smallest

the highest three divisions into which all natural objects have been classified (animal, mineral, and plant kingdoms are of primary concern here)

one of five life groups: Protictista, Plantae, Animalia, Fungi, Monera

See biological classification

n. "kingdom, sovereignty," s.v. kingdom sb. OED. KEY: kingdom@n

n 1 kyngdom 1

The top taxonomic rank. There are five biological kindoms: Monera Protista Fungi Plantae Animalia

Taxonomic Kingdom.

Independent country or state headed by a king.

A realm having a king and/or queen as its actual or nominal sovereign. A realm, region, or conceptual space where something is dominant. ''the kingdom of thought'', ''the kingdom of the dead'' [..]