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albatross

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Noun

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al=ba=tross

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun albatross has 2 senses

albatross(n = noun.cognition) millstone - (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps; "she was an albatross around his neck"

is a kind of balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment

albatross(n = noun.animal) mollymawk - large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight;

is a kind of oceanic bird, pelagic bird

is a member of diomedeidae, family diomedeidae

has particulars: diomedea exulans, wandering albatross, black-footed albatross, diomedea nigripes, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony

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CIDE DICTIONARY

albatross, n. [Corrupt. fr. Pg. alcatraz cormorant, albatross, or Sp. alcatraz a pelican: cf. Pg. alcatruz, Sp. arcaduz, a bucket, fr. Ar. al-qādus the bucket, fr. Gr. ka`dos, a water vessel. So an Arabic term for pelican is water-carrier, as a bird carrying water in its pouch.].

A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species. They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land. They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere. [1913 Webster]

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OXFORD DICTIONARY

albatross, n.
1 a any long-winged stout-bodied bird of the family Diomedeidae related to petrels, inhabiting the Pacific and Southern Oceans. b a source of frustration or guilt; an encumbrance.
2 Brit. Golf a score of three strokes under par at any hole.

Etymology

alt. (after L albus white) of 17th-c. alcatras, applied to various sea-birds, f. Sp. and Port. alcatraz, var. of Port. alcatruz f. Arab. alkadus the pitcher

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