pellet
- Noun. Usually a small, compressed, symmetrical and hard chunk of matter. Ex: Wood pellet, ore pellet, etc.
- Noun. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
- Noun. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for that species, as it can't excrete feces.
- Verb. To form into pellets.
- Verb. To strike with pellets.
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