PELLET

[noun] [C] - a small hard ball or tube-shaped piece of any substanceiron/lead/wax/plastic/paper pelletsfood pelletsslug pellets (= small pieces of a substance designed to kill those creatures)The excrement of particular animals is called pellets.rabbit/sheep pelletsMetal pellets are shot from some types of gun.airgun pelletsshotgun pelletsa pellet gun