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sastrugi

sastrugi is the plural of sastruga.

Meaning of sastruga

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.

Origin of sastrugi

From German Sastrugi, from Russian заструги (zastrugi).

Questions about sastrugi

What is sastrugi the plural of?
Sastrugi is the plural of sastruga.

Words near sastrugi in the dictionary

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

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