[ noun ] edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic <noun.food>
escargot \es`car*got"\ ([e^]s`k[aum]r*g[=o]"), n. [F. snail.] any edible terrestrial snail prepared as food; as a dish, it is usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic.
Syn: snail. [WordNet 1.5 +PJC]
Part of his strategy is to call his product not talpengi, the Korean word for snail, but wau, a Chinese-derived word with all the cachet of escargot.
That doesn't mean that France is facing any danger from giant escargot.
The state Governmental Orginization Committee on Tuesday endured slimy jabs about the slug, including comparisons to its garlicky cousin, escargot, before sliding the bill out of committee on a 12-2 vote.
Dozens of tiny snail farms are popping up across Britain, and the growing interest in the new industry is threatening an escargot glut.