PECKING ORDER


Meaning of PECKING ORDER in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ noun ]

also peck order

Date: 1928

1. : 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

2. : a social hierarchy

Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary.      Энциклопедический словарь английского языка Merriam Webster.