snow pellets

plural noun

precipitation, usually of brief duration, consisting of crisp, white, opaque ice particles, round or conical in shape and about two to five millimeters in diameter.

Origin of snow pellets

First recorded in 1940–45

Also called graupel, soft hail, tapioca snow.

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snow pellet in Science

snow pellet

See graupel.