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sharkskin

sharkskin noun: the skin of a shark; shagreen.

Noun

sharkskin (countable and uncountable, plural sharkskins)

  1. The skin of a shark; shagreen.
    • [B]ut not long after sundown we heard the booming of great sharkskin drums and, with our work done, we hurried in the direction of the music.1929, Robert Dean Frisbee, The Book of Puka-Puka, Eland, published 2019, page 18
  2. A shiny fabric made from synthetic fibers.

Forms of sharkskin

pluralsharkskins

Origin of sharkskin

From shark + skin.

Words formed from sharkskin

Questions about sharkskin

What does sharkskin mean?
Sharkskin means the skin of a shark; shagreen.
What part of speech is sharkskin?
Sharkskin is a noun.
What is the plural of sharkskin?
The plural of sharkskin is sharkskins.

Words near sharkskin in the dictionary

  1. Sharkovskii's theorem
  2. sharks
  3. sharks and minnows
  4. sharks up
  5. sharksfin
  6. sharkskin
  7. sharkskinned
  8. sharkskins
  9. sharksona
  10. sharksonas
  11. sharksploitation

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