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Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Charybdis

· Cha·ryb·dis · IPA /kəˈɹɪbdɪs/
01 n. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
  1. 1.
    A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla. See: Scylla