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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

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


The 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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Charybdis n 1: (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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