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Animalia

[ an-uh-mey-lee-uh, -meyl-yuh ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

First recorded in 1800–05; from New Latin, Latin: plural of animal “living being, animal, beast,” animal

Pronaque cum spectent animalia cetera terrae Os homini sublime dedit coelumque videre Jussit, et erectos ad sidera tollere vultus.

Et quamvis dicta Animalia hominibus subjecta esse dicantur ut habetur Ecclesiast: 17.

In the above table all vaccae, animalia and animalia ociosa are reckoned in the third column.

Induxerunt etiam abstinentiam ab esu eorum qu animalia appellant, ingratos se exhibentes ergo eum qui universa creavit Deum.

Thus, all creatures which agree only in presenting the few distinctive marks of animality form the “Kingdom” Animalia.

April 25, 2024firkin

[fur-kin ]

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