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What does echolocate mean?

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Verb
  1. To locate by means of echolocation.
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Toothed whales echolocate by producing clicking sounds and then receiving and interpreting the resulting echo.
Unlike modern bats, though, their bodies lacked the telltale bony structures that would permit them to echolocate flying prey.
He decided that he could compensate for his loss of vision by learning to echolocate, just like a bat, interpreting the shape and dimensions of his surroundings based on how they react to emitted sound waves.
Rogers speculates leopard seals might use these clicks to echolocate food and air holes during dark, ice-bound winters.
I walked down Vanderbilt Avenue towards my house, sweaty and bereft of the ability to echolocate.
Noise from the detonations is detectable up to 40 km from the source and can mask dolphin vocalizations, interfering with their ability to communicate and echolocate.

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