Snail vs. Escargot

Snail vs. Escargot — Is There a Difference?
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Difference Between Snail and Escargot

Snailnoun

Any of very many animals (either hermaphroditic or nonhermaphroditic), of the class Gastropoda, having a coiled shell.

Escargotnoun

(uncountable) A dish, commonly associated with French cuisine, consisting of edible snails.

Snailnoun

A slow person; a sluggard.

Escargotnoun

(countable) A snail (often Helix pomatia) used in preparation of that dish.

Snailnoun

(engineering) A spiral cam, or a flat piece of metal of spirally curved outline, used for giving motion to, or changing the position of, another part, as the hammer tail of a striking clock.

Escargotnoun

edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

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Snailnoun

A tortoise or testudo; a movable roof or shed to protect besiegers.

Snailnoun

The pod of the snail clover.

Snailverb

To move or travel very slowly

Snailnoun

freshwater or marine or terrestrial gastropod mollusk usually having an external enclosing spiral shell

Snailnoun

edible terrestrial snail usually served in the shell with a sauce of melted butter and garlic

Snailverb

gather snails;

We went snailing in the summer
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