brinicle

名词 n.

英文释义

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

词形变化

brinicles plural

词源

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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