bioacoustics
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- noun
- /ˌbaɪoʊəˈkuːstɪks/
- Specialized
- Bioacoustics examines how dolphins communicate through clicks and whistles underwater.
- Bioacoustics Research Program
- Bioacoustics Research
- director of Bioacoustics
Examples
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Do you have his bioacoustics?
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She has pioneered the new research field of plant bioacoustics and extended the concept of cognition and mind to plants, reigniting the discourse on plant subjectivity and ethical standing.
Academic text (2017) -
Emma combined the bioacoustics of Godzilla with a human.
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Emma combined the bioacoustics of different Titans to create the ORCA's signal.
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Emma isolated Godzilla's bioacoustics.
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Interactive exhibits let visitors sample sounds from the forest to the ocean, explore the musical instruments and traditions of human societies, experiment with vocalizations in a bioacoustics lab, and more.
Academic text (2011) -
Bioacoustics researchers study how birds use sound to attract mates during the mating season.
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The field of bioacoustics investigates how insects use sound to signal danger to their colonies.
Surface Forms
Morphology
bioacoustics = acoustics (semi-transparent) = bio + acoust + ics
The term is largely compositional, but it is a specialized scientific label whose full meaning is not fully predictable for an average B1 learner.
Etymology
Bioacoustics combines bio 'life', as in biology, and acoustics 'sound', as in an acoustic guitar, so it literally means the study of sounds made by living things. That's why bioacoustics is about how animals make, hear, and use sound.