Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

lusca

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: lus-ca
IPA

7

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

2

Syllables

5

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus).

Example Sentences

"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."

Etymology

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

Questions

What does lusca mean?: A folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus).
Where does lusca come from?: Clipping of Mollusca, a phylum containing octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and other cephalopods.

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