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albatros

albatros is the obsolete form of albatross.

Meaning of albatross

Noun

albatross (plural albatross or albatrosses)

  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. A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.
  4. (figuratively) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.
    • […] energy is the albatross of U.S. national security.2006 March 13, Richard Lugar, speech to the Brookings Institution

Forms of albatros

pluralalbatroses

Questions about albatros

What is albatros the obsolete form of?
Albatros is the obsolete form of albatross.

Words near albatros in the dictionary

  1. Albasan
  2. albaspine
  3. albaspines
  4. Albaston
  5. albata
  6. albatros
  7. albatroses
  8. albatross
  9. albatross around one's neck
  10. albatross round one's neck
  11. albatrosses

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