WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
snow′ pel′lets, 
  1. Meteorologyprecipitation, usually of brief duration, consisting of crisp, white, opaque ice particles, round or conical in shape and about two to five millimeters in diameter. Also called graupel, soft hail, tapioca snow. 
  • 1940–45

WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2025
ice′ pel′lets, [Meteorol.]
  1. Meteorologyprecipitation consisting of particles of ice less than 0.2 in. (5 mm) in diameter, occurring either as frozen raindrops or as small hailstones.
Cf. hail2 (def. 1), sleet, snow pellets. 
'snow pellets' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
graupel - ice pellets - snow - soft hail - tapioca snow

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