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Scylla (sil′ə)

noun

a dangerous rock on the Italian side of the Straits of Messina, opposite the whirlpool Charybdis: in classical mythology both Scylla and Charybdis were personified as female monsters

Etymology: L < Gr Skylla

Scylla Idioms

between Scylla and Charybdis

between two perils or evils, neither of which can be evaded without risking the other

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2005 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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