From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Charybdis \Cha*ryb"dis\, noun [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}.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
noun
1: (Greek mythology) a ship-devouring whirlpool lying on the other side of a narrow strait from Scylla
From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]:
CHARYBDIS A {Lisp} program to display mathematical expressions. It is related to {MATHLAB}. [Sammet 1969, p. 522]. (1994-11-15)
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