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brinicle

noun

Etymology

Blend of brine + icicle, though given that icicle is a pleonastic compound of ice + ickle, brinicle could be surface-analysed as brine + ickle.

  1. inherited from *īsajikil✻
  2. inherited from *īsġicel✻
  3. inherited from isykle
  4. compounded as brinicle — “brine + icicle”

Definitions

  1. A formation of frozen brine, occurring beneath sea ice and analogous to a stalactite.

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