"mud shark" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: mud sharks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} mud shark (plural mud sharks)
  1. (derogatory, offensive, ethnic slur) A non-black person, usually a white woman, who has sexual relationships with black people, usually men. Tags: derogatory, ethnic, offensive, slur
    Sense id: en-mud_shark-en-noun-Ox1moWqU Categories (other): English ethnic slurs
  2. Synonym of spiny dogfish Categories (lifeform): Sharks Synonyms: spiny dogfish [synonym, synonym-of], mudshark Related terms: coal burner, jungle fever, once you go black, you never go back, snicker licker
    Sense id: en-mud_shark-en-noun-yJYwVenn Disambiguation of Sharks: 19 81 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 28 72 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 37 63

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