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Sounding , sound·ing1 / ˈsounding/ • n. the action or process of measuring the depth of the sea or other body of water. ∎ a measurement taken by sounding. ∎ the… Air Sac , air sac Hearing , Hearing is the sense that enables an organism to detect sound waves. It serves mainly to allow an animal to detect danger, to locate its prey, to com… Phonetics , phonetics (fōnĕt´Ĭks, fə–), study of the sounds of languages from three basic points of view. Phonetics studies speech sounds according to their prod… Vocalization , Many animals communicate with acoustic signals. Crickets rub a hind leg along a row of protruding spikes; rattlesnakes shake a set of beads in their… Echolocation (physiology) , Echolocation is the process of using sound waves to locate objects that may be invisible or at a distance. Some bats use sound to locate their insect…
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