charybdis

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charybdis - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Charybdis \Cha*ryb"dis\, n. [L., Gr. cha`rybdis.]
     A dangerous whirlpool on the coast of Sicily opposite Scylla
     on the Italian coast. It is personified as a female monster.
     See Scylla.
     [1913 Webster]

charybdis - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  Charybdis
      n 1: (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the
           other side of a narrow strait from Scylla

charybdis - Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (26 May 2007) :

  CHARYBDIS
  
     <mathematics, tool> A Lisp program to display
     mathematical expressions.  It is related to MATHLAB.
  
     [Sammet 1969, p. 522].
  
     (1994-11-15)