bioacoustics

bioacoustics
bioacoustical, adj.
/buy'oh euh kooh"stiks/ or, esp. Brit., /-euh kow"-/, n. (used with a sing. v.)
the science of sounds produced by or affecting living organisms, as for communication or echolocation.
[1955-60; BIO- + ACOUSTICS]

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