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lusca

lusca noun: a folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus).

Noun

lusca

  1. A folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus).
    • The lusca, he said, was a terrible creature, like a monstrous octopus or cuttlefish.1970, National Geographic
    • For the same lusca had attacked his boat only a few weeks later.1999, Robert Forrest Burgess, The Cave Divers

Origin of lusca

Clipping of Mollusca, a phylum containing octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and other cephalopods.

Questions about lusca

What does lusca mean?
Lusca means a folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus).
What part of speech is lusca?
Lusca is a noun.

Words near lusca in the dictionary

  1. Lusatian Neisse
  2. Lusatians
  3. Lusby
  4. Lusby with Winceby
  5. Lusbys
  6. lusca
  7. Luschak
  8. Luschka's tonsil
  9. luscious
  10. lusciously
  11. lusciousness

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