lusca

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Definition of lusca

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noun

  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.”
    “For the same lusca had attacked his boat only a few weeks later.”
    “[…] the half-dragon, half-octopus Lusca, which whirlpools its victims to a watery death.”

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Etymology

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

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