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noun
Synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: fiction, literature, media, publishing
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Synonyms: lusca
Antonyms: none provided
History
Blend of shark + octopus, from being a half-shark/half-cephalopod sea monster
