bioacousticsn.
/ˌbʌɪəʊəˈkuːstɪks/, U.S. /ˌbaɪoʊəˈkustɪks/ With singular agreement. The branch of acoustics concerned with the sounds produced by or affecting living organisms, esp. as relating to communication.
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1955 Yearbk. Anthropol. 771/1 The Division is responsible administratively for The Armed Forces-NRC Committee on Hearing and Bio-Acoustics.
1996 New Scientist 3 Aug. 12/3 Kurt Fristrup, assistant director of the Bioacoustics Laboratory at Cornell University..says that preliminary studies suggest that marine mammals have not fled the area surrounding one of the ATOC transmitters.
2007 B. Kingsolver Animal, Veg., Miracle xii. 182 His research interest is bioacoustics: birdsong and other animal communication.
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