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scylla
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Scylla
(gcide) | 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.
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scylla
(wn) | Scylla
n 1: (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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scylla
(encz) | Scylla, |
Scyllaea
(gcide) | Scyllaea \Scyl*lae"a\, n. [NL. See Scylla.] (Zool.)
A genus of oceanic nudibranchiate mollusks having the small
branched gills situated on the upper side of four fleshy
lateral lobes, and on the median caudal crest.
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Note: In color and form these mollusks closely imitate the
fronds of sargassum and other floating seaweeds among
which they live.
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Scyllarian
(gcide) | Scyllarian \Scyl*la"ri*an\, n. (Zool.)
One of a family (Scyllaridae) of macruran Crustacea,
remarkable for the depressed form of the body, and the broad,
flat antennae. Also used adjectively.
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scylla
(wn) | Scylla
n 1: (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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