Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

refugium

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.44 in modern English

Syllables: refugium
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.

noun

A separate section of a fishtank that shares the same water supply, used for denitrification, plankton production, etc.

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

From Latin refugium. Doublet of refuge.

Origin

Source language: Latin

Word Breakdown

Root: refugium

Inflected Forms

refugia (plural) refugiums (plural)

Derived Forms

microrefugium refugial subrefugium

Questions

What does refugium mean?: Any local environment that has escaped regional ecological change and therefore provides a habitat for endangered species.
Where does refugium come from?: It is traced to Latin.

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