rusticle

The English word “rusticle” has 1 meaning listed here.

noun

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

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

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