(isim) albatros

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Definition of (isim) albatros in Turkish English dictionary

albatross

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

A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole

An albatross is a very large white seabird

A web-footed bird, of the genus Diomedea, of which there are several species

They are the largest of sea birds, capable of long-continued flight, and are often seen at great distances from the land

A long-term impediment, burden, or curse

They are found chiefly in the southern hemisphere

disapproval If you describe something or someone as an albatross around your neck, you mean that they cause you great problems from which you cannot escape, or they prevent you from doing what you want to do. Privatization could become a political albatross for the ruling party. Any of more than a dozen species of large seabirds (family Diomedeidae). Albatrosses are among the most spectacular gliders of all birds; in windy weather they can stay aloft for hours without flapping their wings. They drink seawater and usually eat squid. Albatrosses come ashore only to breed, in colonies typically established on remote oceanic islands. Adults of common species attain wingspans of 7-11 ft (200-350 cm). Albatrosses live long and may be among the few birds to die of old age. They were once held in awe by seamen, who held that killing one would bring bad luck

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

{i} large sea bird

Hyphenation

(i·sim) al·bat·ros