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echolocate
verb
To locate objects by emitting sound waves and interpreting their returning echoes, as bats and dolphins do.
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verb
To locate objects by emitting sound waves and interpreting their returning echoes, as bats and dolphins do.
“Bats echolocate to navigate in complete darkness.”
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Bats echolocate to navigate in complete darkness.
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