"sharktopus" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: sharktopuses [plural], sharktopi [plural]
Etymology: Blend of shark + octopus, from being a half-shark/half-cephalopod sea monster Etymology templates: {{blend|en|shark|octopus}} Blend of shark + octopus Head templates: {{en-noun|es|sharktopi}} sharktopus (plural sharktopuses or sharktopi)
  1. (US, fiction) Synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction Tags: US Synonyms: lusca [synonym, synonym-of]
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