escargot

es·car·got

E0208700 (ĕs′kär-gō′)n. pl. es·car·gots (-gō′) An edible snail, especially one prepared as an appetizer or entrée.

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[French, from Old French escargol, from Old Provençal escaragol, probably from variant of dialectal escarabol (perhaps influenced by Occitan cagarol, caragol, snail), from Latin scarabaeus, beetle; see scarab.]

escargot

(ɛskarɡo) n (Cookery) a variety of edible snail, usually eaten with a sauce made of melted butter and garlic

es•car•got

(ɛs karˈgoʊ; Eng. ˌɛs kɑrˈgoʊ)

n., pl. -gots (-ˈgoʊ; Eng. -ˈgoʊz)
French. an edible snail.

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

escargot - edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlicsnailedible snail, Helix pomatia - one of the chief edible snailsmeat - the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food

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escargot