Pellet

Did you see how the fish grabbed a pellet of food just before it reached the bottom of the tank?

Indian forces have been known to use pellet guns against protestors in Kashmir.

Scientists from the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory report they were able to create a type of fusion reaction by bombarding a microscopic pellet of fuel with beams from 192 powerful lasers to compress its component parts — hydrogen isotopes known as deuterium and tritium — and fuse them together at the atomic level.

After the crash, Mr. Smith quickly fled the scene and attempted suicide at his home by slitting his wrists and shooting himself with a pellet gun.

Leonid has left his pellet gun behind.

a pellet of wood, paper, or ore