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sastruga

sastruga noun: any of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains, and surfaces of ice-covered lakes/seas. These dunes of snow may be blown across the plains like wind-driven waves.

Noun

sastruga (plural sastrugi)

  1. Any of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains, and surfaces of ice-covered lakes/seas. These dunes of snow may be blown across the plains like wind-driven waves.

Forms of sastruga

pluralsastrugi
alternative formsastrugus
alternative formzastruga

Origin of sastruga

From German Sastruga, from Russian заструга (zastruga).

Questions about sastruga

What does sastruga mean?
Sastruga means any of a series of long, wavelike ridges or grooves formed on a snow surface by the wind, especially in polar plains, and surfaces of ice-covered lakes/seas. These dunes of snow may be blown across the plains like wind-driven waves.
What part of speech is sastruga?
Sastruga is a noun.
What is the plural of sastruga?
The plural of sastruga is sastrugi.

Words near sastruga in the dictionary

  1. sastracundies
  2. sastras
  3. Sastre
  4. Sastres
  5. sastric
  6. sastruga
  7. sastrugi
  8. sastrugus
  9. sat
  10. sat about
  11. sat around

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