escargot

(es′kär gō)

noun

a snail, esp. an edible variety

Origin: Fr

See escargot in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. es·car·gots (-gōˈ)
An edible snail, especially one prepared as an appetizer or entrée.

Origin:

Origin: French

Origin: , from Old French escargol

Origin: , from Old Provençal escaragol

Origin: , probably from variant of dialectal escarabol (perhaps influenced by Occitan cagarol, caragol, snail)

Origin: , from Latin scarabaeus, beetle; see scarab

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