English

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Etymology

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Since they do not contain any egg, the name may have come from Scotch egg, another snack food that is wrapped in sausage meat.

Noun

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armadillo egg (plural armadillo eggs)

  1. (US, cooking) A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see armadillo,‎ egg.