The story
Clipping of Mollusca, a phylum containing octopus, squid, cuttlefish, and other cephalopods.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
lusca
Today it means: A folkloric sea monster of the Caribbean resembling a giant octopus/squid, or giant cuttlefish; or shark-headed cephalopod-tentacle armed creature (sharktopus). Full definition →