Brinicle
noun
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Definitions
Noun
- 1 A formation of frozen brine, occurring beneath sea ice and analogous to a stalactite.
Etymology
Blend of brine + icicle, though given that icicle is a pleonastic compound of ice + ickle, brinicle could be surface-analysed as brine + ickle.
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