"refugium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: refugia [plural], refugiums [plural]
Etymology: From Latin refugium. Doublet of refuge. Etymology templates: {{der|en|la|refugium}} Latin refugium, {{doublet|en|refuge}} Doublet of refuge Head templates: {{en-noun|refugia|s}} refugium (plural refugia or refugiums)
  1. Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species. Translations (habitat): refugium [neuter] (Norwegian Bokmål), ostoja [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-refugium-en-noun-TWSrNdHg Disambiguation of 'habitat': 89 11
  2. (aquaculture) A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.
    Sense id: en-refugium-en-noun-Uth8VscF Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 30 70 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 14 86 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 33 67 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 24 76 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 26 74 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 26 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: refugial, microrefugium

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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