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ice pellets

plural noun

, Meteorology.
  1. precipitation consisting of particles of ice less than 0.2 inch (5 millimeters) in diameter, occurring either as frozen raindrops or as small hailstones.

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In time these trees are entirely worn away by the violence of wind-blown ice-pellets and the gnawings of the sand-toothed gales.

The dogs paused instantly, lay down, and began to strip the ice pellets from between their toes.

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