Hypertext Webster Gateway: "Vermicelli"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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 or pipes till it takes a
slender, wormlike form, whence the Italian name. When the
paste is made in larger tubes, it is called macaroni.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
vermicelli
n : pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti
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