Pasta sick priest sent up to catch rodents

• Pasta that doesn't sound very appetizing
• ''Little worms''
• Food that's Italian for "little worms"
• Pasta thinner than spaghetti
• Pasta in long slender threads
• Evil crime involved getting hold of student fare from Italy

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

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Vermicelli (, lit. "little worms") is a traditional type of pasta round in section similar to spaghetti . In Italy vermicelli is slightly thicker than spaghetti but in the United States it is instead slightly 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.

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