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CHARYBDIS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Charybdis" is a kind of...):
maelstrom; vortex; whirlpool (a powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides))
Domain category:
Greek mythology (the mythology of the ancient Greeks)
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