"echolocate" meaning in English

See echolocate in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: echolocates [present, singular, third-person], echolocating [participle, present], echolocated [participle, past], echolocated [past]
Etymology: From echo + locate. Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|echo|locate}} echo + locate, {{coin|en|Q327908|in=1944}} Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944 Head templates: {{en-verb}} echolocate (third-person singular simple present echolocates, present participle echolocating, simple past and past participle echolocated)
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To locate by means of echolocation. Tags: intransitive, transitive Derived forms: echolocative, nonecholocating Translations (to locate by means of echolocation): ecolocalizar (Portuguese), adlaisleoli (Welsh)

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive, intransitive) To locate by means of echolocation."
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          "sense": "to locate by means of echolocation",
          "word": "ecolocalizar"
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          "sense": "to locate by means of echolocation",
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        }
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        "To locate by means of echolocation."
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