1. (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
   "she was an albatross around his neck"
   - millstone 
2. Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
   - mollymawk

Derived forms: albatrosses

Type of: balk, baulk [Brit], check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment, oceanic bird, pelagic bird

Part of: Diomedeidae, family Diomedeidae

Encyclopedia: Albatross Albatross, MO Albatross, Missouri

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