pecking order
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Calque of German Hackordnung.
Noun[edit]
pecking order (plural pecking orders)
- (zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
- The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings.
Translations[edit]
The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate
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