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ice needle
noun
- meteorol one of many needle-like ice crystals that form cirrus clouds in clear cold weather
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As ice needles freeze, they nudge small rocks to one side or another.
From Scientific American
Pine needles grow their own ice needles, turning into rimed maces.
From Scientific American
This is because ice needles have formed, pushing the soil upwards, and the pressure of a footstep crushes them down again.
From The Guardian
It is supplied by thawing ice needles and gravity.
From Scientific American
The punt followed the canals, cut at right angles; progress was slow, impeded by ice needles, that formed by the cold clustered on the sedges of the bank.
From Project Gutenberg
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