Charybdis

[kə'ribdis]

Definition

(noun.) (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla.

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Definition

(n.) A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Checker: Rowena

Definition

n. a dangerous whirlpool between Italy and Sicily and opposite to Scylla the two together providing a proverbial alternative of ruin hardly to be escaped.

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