angel's hair

Noun

angel hair (uncountable)

1. A type of pasta, thinner than spaghetti or vermicelli.

   Synonyms:

   capelli d'angelo, capellini

2. A traditional Portuguese sweet food, fios de ovos.
3. 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.2019, Stephen Spignesi, William J. Birnes, The Big Book of UFO Facts, Figures & Truth, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN
4. A parasitic plant of the genus Cuscuta, dodder.
5. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see angel, hair.