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Definition of Sastruga

1. a ridge of snow formed by the wind in polar regions [n -GI]

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Lexicographical Neighbors of Sastruga

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sasswoods sassy sassywood sassywoods sassy bark sastruga (current term) sastrugi sat Sat Satan

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Literary usage of Sastruga

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1. Narrative of an Expedition to the Polar Sea in the Years 1820, 1821, 1822 by Ferdinand Petrovich Wrangel, Edward Sabine (1842)
"It often happens that the true, permanent sastruga has been covered by another produced by temporary winds ; but the traveller is not to be deceived thereby ..."

2. Deutsche geographische Blätter by Geographische Gesellschaft in Bremen (1886)
"... Richtung wieder einzuschlagen, eine alte „ sastruga" auf und sucht seinen Kurs durch Vergleichung derselben mit den neugebildeten zu bestimmen. ..."

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