"rusticle" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rusticles [plural]
Etymology: Blend of rust + icicle, coined by Robert Ballard, who first observed them on the wreck of the Titanic in 1986. Etymology templates: {{blend|en|rust|icicle}} Blend of rust + icicle Head templates: {{en-noun}} rusticle (plural rusticles)
  1. An icicle-shaped rust formation, formed on shipwrecks etc. by underwater microbes that consume iron. Wikipedia link: rusticle Translations (icicle-shaped rust formation): σκωροκρύσταλλος (skorokrýstallos) [masculine] (Greek)

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