rusticle

Questions

What does rusticle mean?

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

Where does rusticle come from?

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

How to pronounce rusticle

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