[es-kar-goh; Eng. es-kahr-goh] 
[-goh; Eng. -gohz] . French. | an edible snail. |
| es·car·got (ěs'kär-gō') n. pl. es·car·gots (-gō') An edible snail, especially one prepared as an appetizer or entrée. [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.] |
karˈgoʊ