[pel-it] 
| 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. Ornithology. 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 . |
| 9. | to form into pellets; pelletize. |
| 10. | to hit with pellets. |
[oh-gris] | a roundel sable. |
| pel·let (pěl'ĭt) n.
[Middle English pelet, from Old French pelote, from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila, ball.] |
pellet pel·let (pěl'ĭt)
n.
A small pill; a pilule.
A small rod-shaped or ovoid mass, as of compressed steroid hormones, intended for subcutaneous implantation in body tissues to provide timed release over an extended period of time.
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