albatross

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Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɒs/
• (America) IPA: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɔs/
• (cot-caught, Canada) IPA: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɑs/

Noun

albatross (plural albatross)

1. Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
2. Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins.
3. (golf) A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.

Synonyms

• gooney bird
• gooney
• goonie

Translations

• French: albatros
• German: Albatros
• Italian: albatro, albatros
• Portuguese: albatroz
• Russian: альбатро́с
• Spanish: albatros

Translations

• German: Albatros

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɒs/
• (America) IPA: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɔs/
• (cot-caught, Canada) IPA: /ˈæl.bəˌtɹɑs/

Noun

albatross (plural albatrosses)

1. (figurative) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.
   • 2006 March 13, Richard Lugar, speech to the Brookings Institution,

     […] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security.

Synonyms

• albatross around one's neck

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