Definitions from Wiktionary (pecking order)
▸ noun: (zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
▸ noun: 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.
Pecking order theory,
The Grand Pecking Order,
people at the top of the pecking order,
company pecking order,
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▸ noun: (zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds.
▸ noun: 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.
Similar:
power structure,
hierarchy,
pecker,
featherdom,
birdkind,
nesting,
allofeeding,
pterolysis,
vent pecking,
pterylosis,
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psittacine,
oscinine,
passerine,
anseriform,
insessorial,
pin-tailed,
vulture,
umber,
juvenal,
interscapular,
corvid
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