birdshot

British  

/ ˈbɜːdˌʃɒt /

noun

1. small pellets designed for shooting birds

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Example Sentences

Adam Rousselle, a researcher at Militant Wire, a network of experts that examines weapons used by nonstate actors, said the weapons used included a shoulder-fired tear gas launcher and a shotgun that can be loaded with birdshot or heavier ammunition.

From The Wall Street Journal

Another hunting trip gone awry earned Cheney embarrassing headlines in 2006 when he accidentally shot and wounded a member of the party with a round of birdshot while quail hunting on a Texas ranch.

From Los Angeles Times

It was in these woods, just outside Glacier National Park, that the teenage boys learned to hunt, fish, dress a deer and pick birdshot from Hungarian partridges.

From New York Times

Buster Murdaugh also testified that guns were left around the property “with the safety on” and that he never loaded one shell of larger buckshot and a second shell of smaller birdshot in his shotguns.

From Seattle Times

As the years went by, with birdshot pellets still lodged in his face, forehead and near his heart, Mr. Whittington held that stance.

From Washington Post