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Angel hair (or capellini d'angelo)very fine, delicate noodles.
Elbow macaroniShort, C-shaped tubes.
Farfalle(bow- ties)Pinched in the middle to look like bow ties. (The Italian word farfalle means "butterflies.")
FettuccineSpaghetti-length, flat egg noodles about ¼ inch wide. (The name translates as "little ribbons.")
Fusilli or rotiniSpirals about 1½ inches long. Fusilli means "little spindles." Rotini means "twists" or "spirals."
Jumbo shellsLarge shell shapes, with a ridged exterior and a big, open cavity.
LinguineSpaghetti-length, flat noodles about 1/8 inch wide. (The word means "little tongues.")
OrecchietteSmall concave disk shapes. (The name means "little ears.")
OrzoPasta in the shape of rice (or barley, from which it gets its name).
PappardelleFlat, long noodles about 5/8 inch long. (The name supposedly means "gulp down.")
PenneSmall tubes 2 to 4 inches long cut on the diagonal, with or without ridges. (The name means "quills" or "feathers.")
RigatoniTubes about 1½ inches long and ¾ inch in diameter, with ridges. (The name means "large grooves" or "large stripes.")
ShellsSmall shell shapes with an open cavity.
SpaghettiThin, round strands about 10 inches long.
ZitiMedium-width tubes 2 or more inches long, with smooth sides. (The name derives words for "bride" or "bridegroom.")
DitaliniShort, small tubes. Translated from the Italian, ditalini means "little thimbles."
GemelliGemelli is the word for "twins." Each piece looks like two thick noodle strands twisted together.
PaccheriA large, tubular type of pasta. The root word, pacca, means "pat" or "slap"—the sound the pasta makes when tossed with sauce.
CampanelleA cone-shaped type of pasta noodle with ruffled edges. Campanelle means "bells."
LumaconiLumaca is the word for "snail." Lumaconi (essentially meaning "large snails" have one side pinched closed.
Reginette or mafaldineA short or long, ruffly pasta named for the Italian princess Mafalda of Savoy. Reginette means "little queens," and mafaldine means "little mafalde."
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