Vermicelli

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  vermicelli
       n : pasta in strings thinner than spaghetti