sharkfolk

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noun

Sharks collectively, when treated anthropomorphically as a people or culture.

OriginEnglish folk ← Middle English folk ← Old English folc →
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Meanings

nounsharkfolk pl (plural only)
  1. pluralplural onlyrareliteratureSharks collectively, when treated anthropomorphically as a people or culture.

    Small coves offer some potential as harbors, but often the local sharkfolk called Kaneano use those harbors themselves.

    2012, Amber E. Scott, Pathfinder Player Companion: Pirates of the Inner Sea, Paizo Publishing, LLC., →ISBN, page 7
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    […] well, you've been kidnapped by King Reidmar's dastardly agents, who are demanding a handsome ransom for you, or else you'll be fed to the sharkfolk of Mirkengrim.

    2007, Sophie Masson, Thomas Trew and the Klint-King's Gold, London: Hodder Children's Books, →ISBN, page 162

    There is even a section that’s entirely underwater to attract aquatic attendees, as well as provide homes for its mostly aquatic inhabitants, mainly a mix of merfolk, sharkfolk, and octofolk, though aquatic folk of numerous kinds can be found here.

    2020, Bob Brinkman, Reid San Filippo, The Umerican Road Atlas, Shield of Faith Studios, LLC, page 24

Origin

  1. Englishshark
  2. Proto-Germanic*fulką
  3. Proto-West Germanic*folk
  4. Old Englishfolc
  5. Middle Englishfolk
  6. Englishfolk
  7. Englishsharkfolk

From shark + folk.

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APA

sharkfolk. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharkfolk

MLA

“sharkfolk.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharkfolk. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “sharkfolk,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/sharkfolk.

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