sharktopus
English
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Blend of shark + octopus, from being a half-shark/half-cephalopod sea monster
Noun
[edit]sharktopus (plural sharktopuses or sharktopi)
- (US, fiction) Synonym of lusca; a shark-headed creature with tentacles; a Bahamian folkloric sea monster recast in U.S. pop culture pulp fiction