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Meanings of albatross in English

Russian
diomedeidae
Portuguese
albatroz
Catalan
albatros
Spanish
albatros
Wikidata

Large seabirds allied to the procellariids, storm-petrels and diving-petrels in the order Procellariiformes.

Related terms
diomedeidae
Spanish
rémora

(Figurative) something that hinders or handicaps.

rémora
Synonyms
Examples for "millstone"
Examples for "millstone"
1
The Honour could see through a millstone with a hole in it.
Project Gutenberg Complete Works of Winston Churchill
2
I can see through a millstone-ifit has a hole in it.
Madcap
3
Money is a millstone which the rich use to grind the poor.
Mary Minds Her Business
4
He found his natural selection hang round his neck like a millstone.
Luck, or Cunning, as the Main Means of Organic Modification
5
The memory of that tragedy was hanging on him like a millstone.
The Bars of Iron

Golf score.

Usage of albatross in English
1
Forest and Bird said the albatross have a nationally critical threat status.
Radio NZ
2
Apart from the wandering albatross, all the animals have settled in well.
The tower, the zoo and the tortoise
3
The beautiful sliding sweep of the albatross is the most familiar example.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
4
The albatross knows of old the course of the great steamboat liners.
From Pole to Pole: A Book for Young People
5
Several species of albatross are known; for the smaller forms see MALLEMUCK.
The Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia, Volume 1 of 28
6
But, alas, we'll just have to appreciate the majestic albatross without it.
Wired
7
One such species is the Laysan albatross, which nests in Hawaii, US.
BBC
8
Facebook Twitter Pinterest A grey-headed albatross chick in Seven Worlds, One Planet.
The Guardian
9
Only three players have ever made an albatross at the Masters before.
The Guardian
10
Man of the world, oh well, albatross, need your love so bad.
Radio NZ
11
There's one in the Keys, an albatross-that'sa plane, not a boat.
Stiltsville: a novel
12
And we mourn for the albatross, a casualty of all this plastic.
The Guardian
13
Temperatures were so hot that many fertile albatross eggs did not hatch.
Radio NZ
14
A young albatross told me he had seen him on Spidermonkey Island?
The Voyages of Doctor Dolittle
15
The great peterel is as large as the common albatross, and is carnivorous.
Complete Stories and Poems of Edgar Allan Poe
16
Listeners can often see the albatross in action via this link.
Radio NZ
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Translations for albatross
Catalan
albatros
Albatross through the time
Albatross across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Rare
United States of America
Rare