CHARYBDIS

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural events

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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