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English noun: Charybdis

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


Broader (hypernym)maelstrom, vortex, whirlpool


Domain categoryGreek mythology









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