rusticle

词形变化

rusticles 复数 rusticles

释义与例句

n.
  1. 1.

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

词源

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

来源:wiktionary