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ESCARGOT
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Dictionary entry overview: What does escargot mean?
• ESCARGOT (noun)
The noun ESCARGOT has 1 sense:
1. edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
Familiarity information: ESCARGOT used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
Classified under:
Nouns denoting foods and drinks
Synonyms:
escargot; snail
Hypernyms ("escargot" is a kind of...):
meat (the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food)
Holonyms ("escargot" is a substance of...):
edible snail; Helix pomatia (one of the chief edible snails)
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