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- Dictionaryalbatross/ˈalbətrɒs/
noun
- 1. a very large, chiefly white oceanic bird with long, narrow wings, found mainly in the southern oceans.
- 2. another term for double eagle
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The meaning of ALBATROSS is any of a family (Diomedeidae) of large web-footed seabirds that have long slender wings, are excellent gliders, and include the largest seabirds. How to use albatross in a sentence.
ALBATROSS definition: 1. a large white bird with long, strong wings that lives near the sea, found especially in the…. Learn more.
The word albatross is sometimes used metaphorically to mean a psychological burden (most often associated with guilt or shame) that feels like a curse. It is an allusion to Samuel Taylor Coleridge's poem The Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1798). [1] Overview.
noun. any of several large, web-footed sea birds of the family Diomedeidae that have the ability to remain aloft for long periods. Compare wandering albatross. a seemingly inescapable moral or emotional burden, as of guilt or responsibility.
ALBATROSS meaning: 1. a large white bird with long, strong wings that lives near the sea, found especially in the…. Learn more.
Albatrosses, of the biological family Diomedeidae, are large seabirds related to the procellariids, storm petrels, and diving petrels in the order Procellariiformes (the tubenoses). They range widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific.
Definition of albatross noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
An albatross is one of the largest flying birds in the world. The word albatross comes from the Spanish and Portuguese word alcatraz meaning "pelican," but it's not just animals that this word describes.
any of a family (Diomedeidae) of large, web-footed tubenose birds found chiefly in the South Seas: they have long, narrow wings and a long, hooked beak. 2. a burden or source of distress, esp. one that impairs effective action. often in the phrase an albatross around one's neck.
ALBATROSS meaning: 1 : a large white ocean bird that has very long wings; 2 : a continuing problem that makes it difficult or impossible to do or achieve something.
