armadillo egg

noun

A jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.

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Meanings

nounarmadillo egg (plural armadillo eggs)

plural armadillo eggs

  1. UScookingA jalapeño popper, especially when wrapped in bacon or sausage meat.
  2. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see armadillo, egg.

Origin

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

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armadillo egg. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armadillo%20egg

MLA

“armadillo egg.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armadillo%20egg. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “armadillo egg,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/armadillo%20egg.

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