albatross, n.
(albatrosses)
(albatrosses)
large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
<noun.animal>
albatross mollymawk
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(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps
<noun.cognition>
albatross millstone
sample sentences
"she was an albatross around his neck"
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