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   albatross

   /ˈalbətrɒs/

   noun

   • 1. a very large, chiefly white oceanic bird with long, narrow wings, found mainly in the southern oceans.
   • ▪ a source of frustration or guilt; an encumbrance (in allusion to Coleridge's The Rime of the Ancient Mariner): "an albatross of a marriage"
   • 2. another term for double eagle

   Word Origin late 17th century: alteration (influenced by Latin albus ‘white’) of 16th-century alcatras, applied to various seabirds including the frigate bird and pelican, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz, from Arabic al-ġaṭṭās ‘the diver’.

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