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What does echolocation mean?

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Noun
  1. The use of echoes to detect objects as observed in bats and other natural creatures. Also known as biosonar.
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Moths typically go into erratic dives when they sense that they have been detected by nearby bats using echolocation.
It's been known since the 1930s, with the discovery of bat echolocation, that animals can produce pitches too high for human hearing.
Using echolocation, ghost bats hunt for large insects, lizards, frogs, birds and even other bats.
Odontocete cetaceans rely upon echolocation to sense the environment and detect prey.
Like bats, dolphins use echolocation, an internal sonar system, to help them navigate, avoid predators and find food.
The ear is the most important sense organ for modern toothed whales, say scientists, because these whales locate their prey using echolocation.

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