Fine pasta

• Pasta in long slender threads
• Pasta with pets in it?
• Pasta that doesn't sound very appetizing
• Pasta sick priest sent up to catch rodents
• Evil crime involved getting hold of student fare from Italy
• ''Little worms''

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.

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

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

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.