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echolocation::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | echo sounding |
| Type of | fix, localisation, localization, locating, location |
Examples of echolocation
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Bat species with similar ecological requirements use similar echolocation calls.
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During echolocation, some bats are known to use a natural acoustic gain control.
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Their echolocation is a superior sense compared to sight, particularly at night.
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How might echolocation help a dolphin perform the experiment seen in the program?
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It may also help with detecting the echolocation frequencies of predatory bats.
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The female dolphin SAY who performed a continuous echolocation tasks for 15 days.
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Dolphins search for prey primarily using echolocation, which is similar to sonar.
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There she has also conducted other studies on dolphins and their echolocation.
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Could it not be that O. Finneyi represents a radiation that lost echolocation?
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- Determining the location of something by measuring the time it takes for an echo to return from it
- Echolocation is the debut album by American folk-rock band Fruit Bats, released in 2001.
- Echolocation, also called biosonar, is the biological sonar used by several animals such as shrews, most bats, and most cetaceans. The term was coined by Donald Griffin, whose work with Robert Galambos was the first to conclusively demonstrate its existence in bats. ...
- Human echolocation is the ability of humans to detect objects in their environment by sensing echoes from those objects. This ability is used by some blind people to navigate within their environment. ...
- A system used by most (toothed) whales by producing high-frequency sounds, and receiving their echos to navigate in their environment and locate prey.
- The use of echoes from sound waves to create a sensory map of an area and to detect prey
- Use of sound by some marine animal to locate and identify underwater objects from their echoes.*
- A means by which bats and certain other animals can find their way, find food, or avoid obstacles by emitting a series of sounds, often inaudible to humans, which echo back from an object and are received by the ear.
- A method used by some animals to find their own position or to locate prey.
