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Food that's Italian for "little worms"
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vermicelli
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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.
The Collaborative International Dictionary
Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Vermicelli \Ver`mi*cel"li\, n. [It., pl. of vermicello, literally, a little worm, dim. of verme a worm, L. vermis. See Worm , and cf. Vermicule , Vermeil .] The flour of a hard and small-grained wheat made into dough, and forced through small cylinders ...
Wiktionary
Word definitions in Wiktionary
n. long, slender pasta, similar to spaghetti, only thinner.
Usage examples of vermicelli.
I recall a rubbery vermicelli and a dish of jackfruit swamped in sugar syrup.
The kunafeh was one of his favorite dishes, wheat-flour vermicelli fried in clarified butter and sweetened with honey.
Half a bottle of vino tinto and a huge platter of vermicelli with a mushroom-tomato sauce later, Maria-Teresa still hadn't shown up.