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

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  1. n. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
  2. n. (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
  3. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
  4. A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla onthe Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
  5. n. (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla