bird_shot has definitions from the field of arms
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[ noun ] (arms) small lead shot for shotgun shells

Synonyms

duck_shot buckshot

Used in print

(Howard Fast, April Morning....)

My Cousin_Simmons carried a musket , but he had loaded it with bird_shot , and as the officer came opposite him , he rose_up behind the wall and fired .

Related terms

shot shotgun_shell

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