lusca
English
Noun
lusca
- A folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus).
- 1970, National Geographic
- The lusca, he said, was a terrible creature, like a monstrous octopus or cuttlefish.
- 1999, Robert Forrest Burgess, The Cave Divers:
- For the same lusca had attacked his boat only a few weeks later.
- 2008, Ryan Ver Berkmoes, Amy C Balfour, Paul Clammer, Michael Grosberg, Caribbean Islands
- […] the half-dragon, half-octopus Lusca, which whirlpools its victims to a watery death.
- 1970, National Geographic
Anagrams
Latin
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) lusca
- inflection of luscus:
Adjective
(deprecated template usage) luscā