echolocation in English

noun
1
the location of objects by reflected sound, in particular that used by animals such as dolphins and bats.
Many odontocetes can navigate by echolocation , producing sound waves using a complex system of nasal sacs and passages, and using the echoes to navigate.
noun
    echo sounding

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1. They use echolocation.

2. Most bats navigate by echolocation.

3. YangoChiroptera is only species that use laryngeal echolocation.

4. Most bats produce echolocation sounds by contracting their larynx.

5. Echolocation is a highly technical and interesting tactic.

6. Physical structure and characteristic of river habitats affect echolocation design in part degree. The echolocation call of M. macrodactylus had phenotypic flexibility and eco-adaptability.

7. Some bats have specialized structures for emitting echolocation calls.

8. Echolocation is the use of ultra-high frequency sounds for navigation.

9. And to interfere with the echolocation of marine animals, while driving them mad.

10. So, bats use echolocation to get around and some birds navigate by the stars, but there's not an active research program seeing if cats can use echolocation or dogs could navigate by the stars.

11. Even so, we can hear echolocation clicks from some bats, such as the spotted bats.

12. DWT is testified to be a new effective way in analyzing the echolocation signals of bats.

13. Like many other species, Kitti’s hog-nosed bats employ echolocation when on the hunt for insects.

14. For example, bats with sonar and echolocation systems appear with no obvious link to a more primitive ancestor.

15. I agree that this is a small change, no match for the evolution of the eye, or of echolocation.

16. Another sensor, a sonar-like apparatus, uses echolocation to detect both distant pressure disturbances and changes of flow patterns nearby.

17. This is nowhere better illustrated than in the case we used for our basic illustration of good design itself - echolocation.

18. A Basilosaurus relies as much on vision as echolocation to find prey, but sometimes mistakes smaller ships for food

19. White sharks also attack dolphins and porpoises from above, behind or below to avoid being detected by their echolocation.

20. A significant proportion of the dolphin's brain is thought to be used in processing the information produced by the echolocation system.

21. Blind is a narrative-driven psychological thriller for virtual reality where the player is Blind and must explore their surroundings using echolocation

22. The ears are acuminated and like many other leaf-nosed bats the nose bears a small, sharp leaf which is used for echolocation.

23. Using nonvisual senses, such as sensitivity to vibrations, keen smell, acute hearing, or Echolocation, a Creature with Blindsight maneuvers and fights as well as a sighted Creature.

24. Because the Spotted Bat can be detected and identified by its echolocation calls that are readily audible to most human observers, it distribution can be determined from acoustic surveys.

25. The scheme of the algorithm is shown in this paper, and the results of simulated data and echolocation signal from brown bat demonstrate the validity of the method proposed.

26. This ability, coupled with the ability to navigate at night by using a system of acoustic orientation (echolocation), has made the Bats a highly diverse and populous order

27. Any of various flying mammals that have thin wings consisting of skin that extends from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail. Bats are usually active at night and use echolocation to navigate.

28. Any of various nocturnal flying mammals of the order Chiroptera, having membranous wings that extend from the forelimbs to the hind limbs or tail and anatomical adaptations for echolocation, by which they navigate and hunt prey.

29. POPULATION SIZES AND TRENDS Because it is a solitary bat with distinctive search-phase echolocation calls that are audible to the unaided human ear up to 250 m, Spotted Bats can be censused by acoustic surveys at potential roost sites or foraging areas (Fenton et al.

30. Bat, (order Chiroptera), any member of the only group of mammals capable of flight.This ability, coupled with the ability to navigate at night by using a system of acoustic orientation (echolocation), has made the bats a highly diverse and populous order.More than 1,200 species are currently recognized, and many are enormously abundant.