English Explanatory Dictionary

rusticle

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. An icicle-shaped rust formation, formed on shipwrecks etc. by underwater microbes that consume iron.

Word forms

rusticle rusticles

Etymology

Blend of rust + icicle, coined by Robert Ballard, who first observed them on the wreck of the Titanic in 1986.

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