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pellet
(redirected from pellet feeding)

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pellet
1. Ornithol a mass of undigested food, including bones, fur, feathers, etc., that is regurgitated by certain birds, esp birds of prey
2. a small pill
3. a raised area on coins and carved or moulded ornaments

pellet [′pel·ət]
(agriculture)
A small, cylindrical, compressed mass of livestock feed.
(geology)
A fine-grained, sand-size, spherical to elliptical aggregate of clay-sized calcareous material, devoid of internal structure, and contained in the body of a well-sorted carbonate rock.
(ordnance)
A small stone or metal ball used as a missile in firearms.
(pharmacology)
A small pill.
(science and technology)
A small spherical or cylindrical body.
(vertebrate zoology)
A mass of undigestible material regurgitated by a carnivorous bird.


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