1. Noun
A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.
2. Noun
(Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
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