ALL meanings of pecking order
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P p - noun pecking order Animal Behavior. a dominance hierarchy, seen especially in domestic poultry, that is maintained by one bird pecking another of lower status. 1
- noun pecking order a sequence or hierarchy of authority in an organization or social group. 1
- noun pecking order hierarchy 1
- countable noun pecking order The pecking order of a group is the way that the positions people have are arranged according to their status or power within the group. 0
- noun pecking order a natural hierarchy in a group of gregarious birds, such as domestic fowl 0
- noun pecking order any hierarchical order, as among people in a particular group 0
- noun pecking order a hierarchy among birds, as a flock of hens, based on aggressive pecking in which the most dominant bird pecks all others, the second most dominant bird pecks all others except the most dominant, etc. 0
- noun pecking order social organization in which status is determined by aggressive awareness of rank, income, etc. 0