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pecking order
noun(pecking order)
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 order
noun(pecking order)
a social hierarchy

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