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vibroecholocation

vibroecholocation noun: echolocation via the vibration of a body part.

Noun

vibroecholocation (uncountable)

  1. echolocation via the vibration of a body part
    • Yet, information about host and substrate suitability could conceivably be garnered from many different vibrating sources, including vibration cues and signals generated by insect or plant hosts, or vibroecholocation signals produced by the egg-layer [14 –17 ].2016 February 26, “Shaking Youngsters and Shaken Adults: Female Beetles Eavesdrop on Larval Seed Vibrations to Make Egg-Laying Decisions”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of vibroecholocation

From vibro- + echolocation.

Questions about vibroecholocation

What does vibroecholocation mean?
Vibroecholocation means echolocation via the vibration of a body part.
What part of speech is vibroecholocation?
Vibroecholocation is a noun.

Words near vibroecholocation in the dictionary

  1. vibrocompactors
  2. vibrocore
  3. vibrocoring
  4. vibrodiffusion
  5. vibrodissociation
  6. vibroecholocation
  7. vibroflot
  8. vibroflotation
  9. vibroflots
  10. vibrofluidized
  11. vibrogen

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