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English term or phrase:
pecking order
Spanish translation:
orden de precedencia
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English term
Native in: Catalan 
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pecking order
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Zoology
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As soon as the boss has shown the way, the rest of the hippos set off up the beach. The bulls in a strict peckin order to size and rank.
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Native in: Spanish (Variants: Latin American, Colombian, Costa Rican, Panamanian, Nicaraguan, Mexican, Peruvian, Venezuelan, Cuban, Honduran, Argentine, US, Guatemalan, Salvadoran) 
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También "jerarquía social":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecking_order
Pecking order is a system of organization among a flock of poultry. In this system, a bird pecks another bird who is of lower rank, and submits to pecking from a bird of higher rank.
It is a basic concept in social hierarchy that has its counterpart in other animal species as well, including humans. Among mammals and other animals, the term "dominance hierarchy" is used. Still, the term "pecking order" is often used synonymously as well, because the "pecking order" was the first studied example of the social hieararchy among animals.
The basic concept behind the establishment of the pecking order among, for example, chicken, is that it is necessary to determine who is the 'top chicken,' the 'bottom chicken' and where all the rest fit in between. Consequently, this also determines which chicken gets to eat first or which chicken gets to peck on any other chickens they want. The top chicken is one which can peck any chicken it wants. The bottom chicken is one that lets all the other chickens peck on it and stands up to none. There are chickens in the middle, who peck on certain chickens but are, in turn, pecked on by other chickens higher up on the scale.
Main Entry: peck order Pronunciation Guide
Variant(s): also pecking order
Function: noun
Etymology: translation of German hackordnung
1 : the basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird is permitted to peck another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and is expected to submit to pecking by one of higher rank and in which separate peck orders usually exist for each sex with all the males normally dominating all the females -- compare HOOK ORDER
2 : a hierarchy of social dominance, prestige, or authority <got to the top of the pecking order in their own town -- Margaret Mead> <the peck order in women's clubs, faculty groups, families, or churches -- W.C.Allee>
Citation format for this entry:
"peck order." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (19 Oct. 2006).
http://www.proz.com/kudoz/369058
También "jerarquía social":
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pecking_order
Pecking order is a system of organization among a flock of poultry. In this system, a bird pecks another bird who is of lower rank, and submits to pecking from a bird of higher rank.
It is a basic concept in social hierarchy that has its counterpart in other animal species as well, including humans. Among mammals and other animals, the term "dominance hierarchy" is used. Still, the term "pecking order" is often used synonymously as well, because the "pecking order" was the first studied example of the social hieararchy among animals.
The basic concept behind the establishment of the pecking order among, for example, chicken, is that it is necessary to determine who is the 'top chicken,' the 'bottom chicken' and where all the rest fit in between. Consequently, this also determines which chicken gets to eat first or which chicken gets to peck on any other chickens they want. The top chicken is one which can peck any chicken it wants. The bottom chicken is one that lets all the other chickens peck on it and stands up to none. There are chickens in the middle, who peck on certain chickens but are, in turn, pecked on by other chickens higher up on the scale.
Main Entry: peck order Pronunciation Guide
Variant(s): also pecking order
Function: noun
Etymology: translation of German hackordnung
1 : the basic pattern of social organization within a flock of poultry in which each bird is permitted to peck another lower in the scale without fear of retaliation and is expected to submit to pecking by one of higher rank and in which separate peck orders usually exist for each sex with all the males normally dominating all the females -- compare HOOK ORDER
2 : a hierarchy of social dominance, prestige, or authority <got to the top of the pecking order in their own town -- Margaret Mead> <the peck order in women's clubs, faculty groups, families, or churches -- W.C.Allee>
Citation format for this entry:
"peck order." Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged. Merriam-Webster, 2002. http://unabridged.merriam-webster.com (19 Oct. 2006).
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