| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| manicotti |
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| SYLLABICATION: | man·i·cot·ti |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  m n  -k t  |
| NOUN: | 1. Pasta in large-sized tubes. 2. A dish consisting of such tubes stuffed with meat or cheese, usually served hot with a tomato sauce. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Italian, pl. of manicotto, muff, from manica, sleeve, from Latin manicae, sleeves, from manus, hand. See man-2 in Appendix I.
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