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or less commonly sea floor
plural seafloors also sea floors
: the floor of a sea or ocean : seabed
The Earth's crust, in this view, is divided into several immense plates that make up the continents and seafloors, and that all float on a hot, plastic, subterranean "mantle."—
Walter Sullivan
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The researchers used high-resolution grinding tomography and an artificial intelligence model to find the fossils, which were located in rock samples that had been preserved in seafloor sediments found in Japan and Vancouver Island from 100 to 72 million years ago.
—Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
This division of labor allows the colony to remain partially buried in the seafloor while still efficiently feeding from passing water currents.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
According to the University of California Museum of Paleontology, this division of labor allows the colony to remain partially buried in the seafloor while still efficiently feeding from passing water currents.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
In the days to months after the swarm started, dozens of extra sensors were placed on the island, on the surrounding seafloor and on several nearby islands.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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Brie Stimson, FOXNews.com, 24 Apr. 2026
This division of labor allows the colony to remain partially buried in the seafloor while still efficiently feeding from passing water currents.
—Samantha Agate, Charlotte Observer, 23 Apr. 2026
According to the University of California Museum of Paleontology, this division of labor allows the colony to remain partially buried in the seafloor while still efficiently feeding from passing water currents.
—Samantha Agate, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Apr. 2026
In the days to months after the swarm started, dozens of extra sensors were placed on the island, on the surrounding seafloor and on several nearby islands.
—Robin George Andrews, Scientific American, 23 Apr. 2026
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“Seafloor.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/seafloor. Accessed 29 Apr. 2026.
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