Etymology

electrolocation

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Today it means: the ability of an animal to detect an object by its distortion of the animal's electric field, as in the electric fishes such as the electric eel. Full definition →

English location ← Latin electro- ← French électro-
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  1. Frenchélectro-
  2. Latinēlectrum
  3. Latinelectro-
  4. Englishelectro-
  5. Englishlocation
  6. English todayelectrolocation

From electro- + location.

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