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scybala | scye | scyle | scyliorhinidae | scyllæa | scylla | scyllarian | scyllite | scymetar | scypha | scyphiform

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scylla

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun scylla has 1 sense

scylla(n = noun.person) Array - (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; Array

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scylla, 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. [1913 Webster]

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