sonarlike

English

Etymology

sonar +‎ -like

Adjective

sonarlike (comparative more sonarlike, superlative most sonarlike)

1. Resembling or characteristic of sonar.
   • 2008 February 14, Kenneth Chang, “Primitive Bats Took to the Wing, but They Didn’t Have That Ping”, in New York Times‎^[1]:

     They can fly — the only mammals that can — and most also possess the sonarlike ability to locate objects, like the insects they want to eat, by emitting high-pitched sonic pulses and then triangulating the echoes bouncing back to their oversize ears.