Noun
(ecology) a community of organisms where each member is eaten in turn by another member
Source: WordNetIn twentieth-century Old Earth, a fast food chain took dead cow meat, fried it in grease, added carcinogens, wrapped it in petroleum-based foam, and sold nine hundred billion units. Human beings. Go figure. Dan Simmons
As big as an elephant is, a whale is still larger. Everything's relative. Even gods have their spot on the food chain. Jim Starlin
It's all about who's where on the food chain. When I'm the story editor, I expect my writers to follow my vision. When I'm working for another editor, I'm obliged to follow their vision. Len Wein
Ethan is annoyed with all of these dumb campaigns that indoctrinate millions of people into thinking they're tough-guy free spirits when, in fact, there's probably much to be said for following and, in any event, the food chain isn't structured to encompass millions of non-followers. Douglas Coupland
The coalition instinct is the programming that helped us form strategic groups that advance our self-interest. We are a social species and cooperation is what helped us skyrocket to the top of the food chain. Jonah Goldberg
[on vegetarianism] I didn't climb to the top of the fuckin' food chain to eat carrots. Ron White