English Explanatory Dictionary

sharktopus

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

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

Word forms

sharktopus sharktopuses sharktopi

Etymology

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

Synonyms

lusca

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