wildlife refuge• The island of Angistri went up in flames within minutes of being declared a wildlife refuge.• The basis for the great nationalforest, park, monument, and wildlife refuge systems of the present had been laid.• The wildlife refuge may contain as much as three billion barrels.
Originrefuge
(1300-1400)Old FrenchLatinrefugium, from refugere“to run away”, from fugere; → FUGITIVE2