different between pellet vs caecotrophy

English

Etymology

From Old French pelote (“small ball”), from Vulgar Latin *pilotta, diminutive of Latin pila (“ball”). Doublet of pelota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Noun

pellet (plural pellets)

1. A small, compressed, hard chunk of matter.

   a pellet of wood, paper, or ore

2. A lead projectile used as ammunition in rifled air guns.
3. Compressed byproduct of digestion regurgitated by owls. Serves as a waste disposal mechanism for indigestible parts of food, such as fur and bones.
4. (heraldry) A roundel sable (black circular spot; also called ogress).
5. One of the short conductive tubes in a Pelletron particle accelerator.

Derived terms

Descendants

• ? Catalan: pèl·let

Translations

Verb

pellet (third-person singular simple present pellets, present participle pelleting, simple past and past participle pelleted)

1. To form into pellets.

   Synonym: pelletize

2. To strike with pellets.

Further reading

• pellet at OneLook Dictionary Search

Finnish

Noun

pellet

1. nominative plural of pelle

German

Pronunciation

Verb

pellet

1. second-person plural subjunctive I of pellen

Latin

Verb

pellet

1. third-person singular future active indicative of pell?

Spanish

Noun

pellet m (plural pellets)

1. pellet (projectile)

English

Alternative forms

• cecotrophy

Etymology

From caecum +? -trophy.

Noun

caecotrophy (uncountable)

1. (biology) In certain mammals, especially rabbits and other lagomorphs, the consumption of food pellets which are naturally produced by means of digestion, retention in the caecum, and expulsion through the anus.

   Hypernym: coprophagy

   • 2008, A. Belenguer et al., "Alternative methodologies to estimate ingestion of caecotrophes in growing rabbits," Livestock Science, vol. 115, no.1, p. 13,

     The second group (T-2: 6 rabbits) was also fed the labelled diet but only during the last ten days of the fattening period when animals were fitted a neck collar to prevent caecotrophy.

Related terms

• caecotroph
• caecotrophagic
• caecotrophic

See also

• reingestion