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Definitions

Noun

1. 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.

Synonyms

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sastrugus

Etymology

From German Sastruga, from Russian заструга (zastruga).

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