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refugium

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From Latin refugium. Doublet of refuge.

noun refugia · refugiums

Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species. Beetles fly, many ants send forth massive swarms of reproductive alate females and males, arachnids and insect predators emerge from their hidden refugia, and termite swarm.
A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.

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@misc{refugium_2026,
  title = {refugium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/refugium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}