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sharktopus

sharktopus noun: synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction.

Noun

sharktopus (plural sharktopuses or sharktopi)

  1. (US) Synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction
    Synonyms:
    lusca

Synonyms of sharktopus

Forms of sharktopus

pluralsharktopuses
pluralsharktopi

Origin of sharktopus

Blend of shark + octopus, from being a half-shark/half-cephalopod sea monster

Questions about sharktopus

What does sharktopus mean?
Sharktopus means synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction.
What part of speech is sharktopus?
Sharktopus is a noun.
What is the plural of sharktopus?
The plural of sharktopus is sharktopuses.

Words near sharktopus in the dictionary

  1. sharksona
  2. sharksonas
  3. sharksploitation
  4. sharksucker
  5. sharksuckers
  6. sharktopus
  7. sharkwatching
  8. sharky
  9. Sharla
  10. Sharland
  11. Sharlands

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