— Charybdian , adj.
/keuh rib"dis/ , n.
1. a whirlpool in the Strait of Messina off the NE coast of Sicily. Modern, Galofalo, Garofalo .
2. Class. Myth. a daughter of Gaea and Poseidon, a monster mentioned in Homer and later identified with the whirlpool Charybdis. Cf. Scylla (def. 2).