Definition of "fideos" [fideos]

• In Porto Rico, a species of dodder, Cuscuta Americana, which in places covers masses of vegetation with its yellow, thread-like, twining stems. (noun)

The Century Dictionary (Public Domain)

• "But this faster version combines vegetables, seafood, and noodles, broken into smaller pieces as in the Spanish cousin of paella called fideos."
• "Then, in the Mexican section of the market, I saw some little packages of "fideos", which were clearly skinny little egg noodles."
• "Its orange or yellowish strands, appropriately called "fideos" (spaghetti) in Costa Rica, can total more than 500 meters from a single seed."