REFUGIUM


Meaning of REFUGIUM in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ri-ˈfyü-jē-əm ]

noun

( plural re·fu·gia -jē-ə)

Etymology: New Latin, from Latin, refuge

Date: 1943

: an area of relatively unaltered climate that is inhabited by plants and animals during a period of continental climatic change (as a glaciation) and remains as a center of relict forms from which a new dispersion and speciation may take place after climatic readjustment

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