echolocate

English

Etymology

From echo +‎ locate. Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944.

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.

Derived terms

• echolocative
• nonecholocating

Translations

to locate by means of echolocation

Portuguese: ecolocalizar (pt) Welsh: adlaisleoli