Charybdis

  1. Proper noun.  A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast.
  2. Proper noun.  (Greek mythology) A personification of the above whirlpool as a female monster.
  3. Proper noun.  A general term for any dangerous whirlpool.

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