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subrefugium

subrefugium noun: a subordinate refugium.

Noun

subrefugium (plural subrefugia)

  1. A subordinate refugium
    • This refugium may have been in close contact with a Slovenian refugium, which might have been just a subrefugium of the former, in which stronger postglacial introgression processes led to its populations’ uniqueness.2015 November 14, “Three in One—Multiple Faunal Elements within an Endangered European Butterfly Species”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Forms of subrefugium

pluralsubrefugia

Origin of subrefugium

From sub- + refugium.

Questions about subrefugium

What does subrefugium mean?
Subrefugium means a subordinate refugium.
What part of speech is subrefugium?
Subrefugium is a noun.
What is the plural of subrefugium?
The plural of subrefugium is subrefugia.

Words near subrefugium in the dictionary

  1. subreferencing
  2. subreflector
  3. subreflectors
  4. subreflexed
  5. subrefugia
  6. subrefugium
  7. subregent
  8. subregents
  9. subregimental
  10. subregion
  11. subregional

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