echo-location

A Dictionary of Zoology

echo-location The detection of an object by means of reflected sound. It is used by bats, by some cetaceans, and by other animals, for purposes of orientation and to find prey.

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	Microchiroptera ...Unguiculata , order Chiroptera ) A suborder of bats that orientate themselves and locate prey principally by means of echo-location, aided by large, specialized ears and in many species by modifications of the nose which serve to beam the sound emissions... Read more
	echolocation echolocation n. A method of determining the position of objects by emitting sound or ultrasound and analysing the returning echoes. Also written echo location. See biosonar . echolocate vb. Read more
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