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Encyclopedia entry: kingdom
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kingdom
Topmost level (taxon) of the most widely adopted
taxonomy
for living organisms, the Five Kingdoms system. The Five Kingdoms are Animalia (
animal
), Plantae (
plant
), Fungi (
fungus
),
Prokaryote
, and
Protoctist
. Two subkingdoms are often recognized within ...