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Definition of Scylla

Scylla
Scylla Scyl"la, 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.

Meaning of Scylla from wikipedia

- In Gr**** mythology, Scylla (/ˈsɪlə/ SIL-ə; Ancient Gr****: Σκύλλα, romanized: Skýlla, pronounced [skýlːa]) is a legendary, man-eating monster who lives...
- Being between Scylla and Charybdis is an idiom deriving from Gr**** mythology, which has been ****ociated with the proverbial advice "to choose the lesser...
- Scylla tranquebarica is a species of mangrove crab in the genus Scylla. Scylla tranquebarica, one of several crabs known as the mud crab, is found in mangrove...
- Scylla olivacea, commonly known as the orange mud crab, is a commercially important species of mangrove crab in the genus Scylla. It is one of several...
- Scylla serrata (often called mud crab or mangrove crab, although both terms are highly ambiguous, and black crab) is an ecologically important species...
- a sea monster in Gr**** mythology. Charybdis, along with the sea monster Scylla, appears as a challenge to epic characters such as Odysseus, Jason, and...
- Scylla and Charybdis is a metaphor relating to two monsters of Gr**** mythology: Scylla and Charybdis Scylla and Charybdis may also refer to: Skylla and...
- refer to: Scylla (crustacean), a genus of swimming crabs including the economically important Scylla serrata ScyllaDB, a NoSQL database Scylla (daughter...
- ScyllaDB is an source-available distributed NoSQL wide-column data store. It was designed to be compatible with Apache C****andra while achieving significantly...
- Scylla, after the sea monster Scylla of Gr**** mythology. HMS Scylla (1809) was an 18-gun brig-sloop launched in 1809 and broken up 1846. HMS Scylla (1856)...