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pecking order
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- 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.
- social organization in which status is determined by aggressive awareness of rank, income, etc.
Also peck order
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