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Pronunciation varies by accent · noun
A folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus)..
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.
Use lusca when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Lusca means A folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus)..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
The lusca, he said, was a terrible creature, like a monstrous octopus or cuttlefish.
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