rusticle
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Blend of rust + icicle, coined by Robert Ballard, who first observed them on the wreck of the Titanic in 1986.
Noun[edit]
rusticle (plural rusticles)
- An icicle-shaped rust formation, formed on shipwrecks etc. by underwater microbes that consume iron.
Translations[edit]
icicle-shaped rust formation
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