Pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti

• Very thin strings of pasta
• Pasta sick priest sent up to catch rodents
• ''Little worms''
• Fine pasta
• Very thin pasta
• Pasta thinner than spaghetti
• Evil crime involved getting hold of student fare from Italy

WordNet Word definitions in WordNet
n. pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
kind of pasta, 1660s, literally "little worms," from Italian vermicelli , plural of vermicello , diminutive of verme , accusative singular of Latin vermis "worm" (see worm (n.)). So called for resemblance.