The story
From a derogatory gallicization of bullet; coined by Tim Kask in the first edition of the official D&D magazine, Dragon, as an addition to the original Dungeons & Dragons role-playing game.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
bulette
Today it means: A fictional species of land-dwelling shark in various fantasy settings, such as Dungeons & Dragons. Full definition →