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- verb Present participle of
echolocate .
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Examples
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How does this newly described response compare to other well-studied systems, such as echolocating bats and flying insects?
PLoS ONE Alerts: New Articles Kenneth C. Catania 2008
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However, since humans make sounds with much lower frequencies and slower rates, human echolocation can only picture comparatively much larger objects than other echolocating animals.
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Janet Mann, a professor of biology and psychology at Georgetown University, read the study but wasn't involved in the research and said it's still unclear if Tanner was echolocating or one of the other dolphins.
Even When Blindfolded, Dolphins Can Imitate Each Other Perfectly AP/The Huffington Post 2011
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And so one possibility is he is echolocating on that and he is 'seeing' the behavior with sound, Jaakkola said.
Even When Blindfolded, Dolphins Can Imitate Each Other Perfectly AP/The Huffington Post 2011
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"They didn't localize who was echolocating, so we could not rule out that it was the model and not Tanner," she said.
Even When Blindfolded, Dolphins Can Imitate Each Other Perfectly AP/The Huffington Post 2011
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And so one possibility is he is echolocating on that and he is 'seeing' the behavior with sound, Jaakkola said.
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They spread icy wings and shrieked, echolocating their prey.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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And so one possibility is he is echolocating on that and he is 'seeing' the behavior with sound, Jaakkola said.
Even When Blindfolded, Dolphins Can Imitate Each Other Perfectly AP/The Huffington Post 2011
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They spread icy wings and shrieked, echolocating their prey.
GuildWars Edge of Destiny J. Robert King 2011
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"They didn't localize who was echolocating, so we could not rule out that it was the model and not Tanner," she said.
Even When Blindfolded, Dolphins Can Imitate Each Other Perfectly AP/The Huffington Post 2011
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