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echolocate

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.09 in modern English

Syllables
echolo-cate
IPA
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To locate by means of echolocation.

Intransitive verb; Transitive verb

Example Sentences

Etymology

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

Usage

Inflected Forms

echolocates (present, singular) echolocating (participle, present) echolocated (participle, past) echolocated (past)

Derived Forms

echolocative nonecholocating

Questions

What does echolocate mean?
To locate by means of echolocation.
Where does echolocate come from?
From echo + locate. Coined by American zoologist Donald Griffin in 1944.

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