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kingdom  infrakingdom  5 kingdom system  5 kingdoms  biological kingdom
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The highest taxonomic group into which organisms are grouped; one of five biological categories: Monera or Protoctista or Plantae or Fungi or Animalia WordNet 3.0
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In biology, a kingdom is the second highest taxonomic rank, just below domain. Wikipedia
A category in biological taxonomy Wikipedia Disambiguation
A taxon in either (historically) the highest rank, or (in the new three-domain system) the rank below domain. Each kingdom is divided into smaller groups called phyla (or in some contexts these are called "divisions"). OmegaWiki
A rank in the classification of organisms, below domain and above phylum; a taxon at that rank (e.g. the plant kingdom, the animal kingdom). Wiktionary