"small game" meaning in English

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Noun

Head templates: {{en-noun|-}} small game (uncountable)
  1. Small animals and birds that are hunted and killed, either by hunters or predators. Tags: uncountable Categories (topical): Hunting Translations (small hunted animals): caça menor [feminine] (Catalan), caza menor [feminine] (Galician), småvilt [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), småvilt [neuter] (Norwegian Nynorsk), småvilt [neuter] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-small_game-en-noun-oJFnO2j0 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47 Disambiguation of 'small hunted animals': 63 37
  2. (euphemistic) Small vermin. Tags: euphemistic, uncountable
    Sense id: en-small_game-en-noun-OuUDb~c7 Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 53 47

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