— pelletlike , adj.
/pel"it/ , n.
1. a small, rounded or spherical body, as of food or medicine.
2. a small wad or ball of wax, paper, etc., for throwing, shooting, or the like.
3. one of a charge of small shot, as for a shotgun.
4. a bullet.
5. a ball, usually of stone, formerly used as a missile.
6. Also called cast . Ornith. a small, roundish mass of matter regurgitated by certain predatory birds, consisting of the indigestible remains, as the fur, feathers, and bones, of the prey.
7. (in Romanesque architecture) a hemispherical or disklike carved ornament.
8. Heraldry. ogress 2 .
v.t.
9. to form into pellets; pelletize.
10. to hit with pellets.
[ 1325-75; ME pelet pelote pilotta, dim. of L pila ball. See PILL 1 , -ET ]