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Definition of Charybdis

Charybdis
Charybdis Cha*ryb"dis, n. [L., Gr. ?.] A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster. See Scylla.

Meaning of Charybdis from wikipedia

- Charybdis (/kəˈrɪbdɪs/; Ancient Gr****: Χάρυβδις, romanized: Khárybdis, Attic Gr****: [kʰárybdis]; Latin: Charybdis, classical Latin: [kʰäˈrʏbd̪ɪs̠]) is...
- Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Gr**** mythology, which has been ****ociated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser...
- Charybdis is a sea monster in Gr**** mythology. Charybdis may also refer to: Charybdis (crab), a genus of crabs Charybdis (comics), a fictional character...
- Charybdis (Charybdis) De Haan, 1833 Charybdis acuta (A. Milne-Edwards, 1869) Charybdis acutidens Türkay, 1986 Charybdis affinis Dana, 1852 Charybdis amboinensis...
- Charybdis ****onica, the Asian paddle crab, is a species of swimming crab in the family Portunidae. Charybdis ****onica has a hexagonal, concave carapace...
- Scylla and Charybdis is a metaphor relating to two monsters of Gr**** mythology: Scylla and Charybdis Scylla and Charybdis may also refer to: Skylla and...
- counterpart Charybdis. The two sides of the strait are within an arrow's range of each other—so close that sailors attempting to avoid Charybdis would p****...
- HMS Charybdis was a Dido-class cruiser built for the Royal Navy during the Second World War and was sunk with heavy loss of life by German torpedo boats...
- Royal Navy have been named HMS Charybdis, after the sea monster Charybdis of Gr**** mythology. The first HMS Charybdis (1809) was an 18-gun brig-sloop...
- 388 Charybdis (/kəˈrɪbdɪs/, prov. designation: A894 ED or 1894 BA) is a very large background asteroid, approximately 125 kilometers (78 miles) in diameter...