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subseafloor

subseafloor adjective: beneath the seafloor.

Adjective

subseafloor (not comparable)

  1. Beneath the seafloor.
    • Zygomycetes had not been reported from subseafloor basalt previously.2015 July 17, “Zygomycetes in Vesicular Basanites from Vesteris Seamount, Greenland Basin – A New Type of Cryptoendolithic Fungi”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin of subseafloor

From sub- + seafloor.

Questions about subseafloor

What does subseafloor mean?
Subseafloor means beneath the seafloor.
What part of speech is subseafloor?
Subseafloor is an adjective.

Words near subseafloor in the dictionary

  1. subscrobiculate
  2. subscrotal
  3. subscrotally
  4. subscutellar
  5. subsea
  6. subseafloor
  7. subsearch
  8. subsearches
  9. subseasonal
  10. subsec.
  11. subsecive

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