Thesaurus: scylla

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1. n. A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
2. A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
3. A dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpoolCharybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classicalliterature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them wasformerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla andCharybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand.
4. n. (Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait