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  Word: Scylla

  ID	Word	Wordtype	Definition
  136770	Scylla	n.	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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