birdshot means small lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 91 out of 100.
Etymology
From bird + shot.
noun
- Small lead or steel shot, as pieces of ammunition, used in shotgun shells.“In the first shooting, four of the teenagers were sitting on a porch and were peppered with birdshot from a shotgun fired from a passing car around 2:30 p.m., Sheriff John Rutherford said.”
- A rifle or pistol cartridge containing small shot instead of a single larger projectile.