The word animal comes from the Latin noun animal of the same meaning, which is itself derived from Latin animalis 'having breath or soul'. [5] The biological definition includes all members of the kingdom Animalia. [6]
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animal, (kingdom Animalia), any of a group of multicellular eukaryotic organisms (i.e., as distinct from bacteria, their deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, is contained in a membrane-bound nucleus).
An animal is a complex, multicellular organism that belongs to the biological kingdom Animalia – the animal kingdom. Animals range from relatively simple organisms such as sponges and jellyfish to complex ones such as humans and elephants.
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