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escargatoires

escargatoires is the plural of escargatoire.

Meaning of escargatoire

Noun

escargatoire (plural escargatoires)

  1. A nursery for snails.
  2. (broadly, collective) A large number of snails.
    • Even Seraphine was excited to find a grotto for the Virgin Mary behind a silverbeet forest, Buddha, Ganesh and an escargatoire of snails in attendance.2013, Sarah Laing, The Fall of Light, Penguin Random House New Zealand
    Synonyms:
    rout

Questions about escargatoires

What is escargatoires the plural of?
Escargatoires is the plural of escargatoire.

Words near escargatoires in the dictionary

  1. Escarcega
  2. Escarcegas
  3. Escareno
  4. Escarenos
  5. escargatoire
  6. escargatoires
  7. escargot
  8. escargots
  9. escarmouche
  10. escarmouches
  11. escarole

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