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pecking
verb(peck)
to strike or pierce especially repeatedly with the bill or a pointed tool
pecking
verb(peck)
to make by pecking
pecking
verb(peck)
to pick up with the bill
pecking
noun(peck)
the basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird pecks another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and submits to pecking by one of higher rank; broadly : a dominance hierarchy in a group of social animals
pecking
noun(peck)
a social hierarchy
pecking
phrasal verb(peck)
to take small bites of (food)

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