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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Scylla
a rock in the Strait of Messina off the S coast of Italy.

2. Scylla
a sea nymph of Greek myth who was transformed into a monster: later identified with the rock Scylla.

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1. (noun) Scylla
(Greek mythology) a sea nymph transformed into a sea monster who lived on one side of a narrow strait; drowned and devoured sailors who tried to escape Charybdis (a whirlpool) on the other side of the strait

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1. (noun) Scylla
a dangerous rock on the Italian coast opposite the whirpool Charybdis on the coast of Sicily, -- both personified in classical literature as ravenous monsters. The passage between them was formerly considered perilous; hence, the saying "Between Scylla and Charybdis," signifying a great peril on either hand

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