refugia

re·fu·gi·um

[ri-fyoo-jee-uhm]
noun, plural re·fu·gi·a [-jee-uh] .
an area where special environmental circumstances have enabled a species or a community of species to survive after extinction in surrounding areas.

Origin:
1940–45; < Latin; see refuge

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refugium (rɪˈfjuːdʒɪəm) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl -gia
a geographical region that has remained unaltered by a climatic change affecting surrounding regions and that therefore forms a haven for relict fauna and flora
 
[C20: Latin: refuge]

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Refugia is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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