If you like spaghetti but prefer a slightly wider, flatter noodle, you might try ordering linguini the next time you're at an Italian restaurant.
Linguini is a common kind of pasta, and it's more commonly spelled "linguine." Either way you spell it, it's an Italian word that's the plural form of linguina, "little tongue." The ultimate root is the Latin lingua, or "tongue." While linguini doesn't resemble a human tongue, it does look a bit like a snake's long, flat tongue.