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ALL meanings of charybdis

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  • noun charybdis a ship-devouring monster in classical mythology, identified with a whirlpool off the north coast of Sicily, lying opposite Scylla on the Italian coast 3
  • noun charybdis a whirlpool off the NE coast of Sicily, in the Strait of Messina; now called Galofalo 3
  • noun charybdis a whirlpool in the Strait of Messina off the NE coast of Sicily. Modern name Galofalo, Garofalo. 1
  • noun charybdis Classical Mythology. a daughter of Gaea and Poseidon, a monster mentioned in Homer and later identified with the whirlpool Charybdis. Compare Scylla (def 2). 1
  • noun Technical meaning of charybdis (mathematics, tool)   A Lisp program to display mathematical expressions. It is related to MATHLAB. 1
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