angel hair
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angel hair
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Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo.
noun
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A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
Similar: capelli d'angelo, capellini
- A traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos.
- A sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations. Angel hair consists of thin, cotton-like fibers that are found at the scene of UFO sightings. The strands look like spider webs (which many skeptics assert is precisely what they are) and have been found on houses, on the ground, in trees, and hanging off electrical wires following a UFO sighting.
- A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
- Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair.
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noun very thin type of pasta
| Español | cabello de ángel |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 카펠리 단젤로 kapelli danjello, 천사의 머리카락 cheonsaui meorikarak, 카펠리니 kapellini |
| 日本語 | カペッリ・ダンジェロ kaperri danjero, カペッリーニ kaperrīni |
| Français | capelli d'angelo, cheveux d'ange, capellini |
| Deutsch | Capelli d'angelo, Engelshaarpasta, Capellini |
| Italiano | capelli d'angelo, capellini |
| Русский | капе́лли д’а́нджело kapélli d’ándželo, капелли́ни kapellíni |
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