bird·shot

(bûrd′shŏt′)

Small lead shot for shotgun shells.

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birdshot

(ˈbɜːdˌʃɒt)

(Hunting) small pellets designed for shooting birds

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birdshot

[ˈbɜːdʃɔt] N → perdigones mpl

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birdshot

n → feiner Schrot

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Their squirrel and deer rifles had missed him, but his back had been peppered with birdshot in a score of places, the leaden pellets penetrating maddeningly in a score of places just under the skin.

Even youths had risen up and peppered his back with birdshot, and beef cattle had trod him underfoot and smashed his rifle.

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