Meanings
- uncountableThe state of being a shark, or of belonging to the world of sharks; sharks, collectively.
How strange to discover the only novel to be Peter Benchley's outrageous tale of demonic sharkdom, Jaws.
1998, Philip Z. Trupp, Sea of Dreamers: Travels with Famous Ocean Explorers, page 1662 more examples
Having once tasted blood, sharkdom, like despotism, kept a look-out for victims to devour by "right divine" in any unhappy waifs or strays of humanity daring enough to venture into the water.
1868, Isabelle Saxon, Five years within the Golden gate, page 215McHenry had been pilloried as an enemy of sharkdom after he had caught four large great whites at the Farallons in a single day in 1982.
2001, Thomas B. Allen, Shark Attacks: Their Causes and Avoidance, page 5
Origin
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sharkdom. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharkdom
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