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refuge A restricted and isolated area in which plants and animals persisted during a period of continental climatic change that made surrounding areas uninhabitable; especially an ice-free or unglaciated area within or close to a continental ice sheet or upland ice cap, where hardy biotas eked out an existence during a glacial phase. It later served as a center of dispersal for the repopulation of surrounding areas after climatic readjustment (ecologia) | |||
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blind; hide; escape-cover; escape-covert | |||
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pedestrian island; pedestrian refuge; refuge island |
refúgio: 23 phrases in 11 subjects |
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Economy | 1 |
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General | 1 |
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