"pecking order" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: pecking orders [plural]
Etymology: Calque of German Hackordnung. Etymology templates: {{calque|en|de|Hackordnung}} Calque of German Hackordnung Head templates: {{en-noun|head=pecking order}} pecking order (plural pecking orders)
  1. (zoology) The natural hierarchy of social status and dominance occurring in a group of birds. Categories (topical): Zoology
    Sense id: en-pecking_order-en-noun-yqJM-ew6 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 61 39 Topics: biology, natural-sciences, zoology
  2. The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate, as determined by the especially natural propensity for domination of different members of a specific group over each other, such as older brothers and sisters over their younger siblings. Translations (The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate): hakkeorden [common-gender] (Danish), pikorde [feminine] (Dutch), nokkimisjärjestys [idiomatic] (Finnish), Hackordnung [feminine] (German), Hackabstand [masculine] (German), goggunarröð [feminine] (Icelandic), porządek dziobania [masculine] (Polish), неофициа́льная иера́рхия (neoficiálʹnaja ijerárxija) [feminine] (Russian), сложи́вшийся поря́док подчине́ния (složívšijsja porjádok podčinénija) [masculine] (Russian), поря́док клева́ния (porjádok klevánija) (english: birds) [masculine] (Russian), hackordning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-pecking_order-en-noun-yJEqfZWl Disambiguation of 'The usually informal hierarchy of authority or command, often partial or approximate': 8 92

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