# angel hair

> English word · Noun

## Definitions
1. A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.
2. A traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos.
3. A sticky, fibrous substance reported in connection with UFO sightings and other paranormal manifestations.
4. A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair.

## Etymology
Sense 1 is a semantic loan from Italian capelli d'angelo.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/angel-hair