cavatappi
Italian
Etymology
Verb-object compound, composed of cava (“to extract, to pull out”) + tappi (“corks”).
Noun
cavatappi m
- corkscrew
- a type of pasta in the form of spiral macaroni
Further reading
cavatappi in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana