escargot

Definitions of escargot
  1. noun
    edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic
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    chaire, viande
    the flesh of animals (including fishes and birds and snails) used as food
  2. noun
    freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell
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    gastéropode
    a class of mollusks typically having a one-piece coiled shell and flattened muscular foot with a head bearing stalked eyes
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