Albatross Synonyms

ălbə-trôs, -trŏs
Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. mollymawk
  2. gooney
  3. handicap
  4. millstone
  5. hindrance
  6. mallemuck
  7. nelly
  8. pelican
  9. seabird
An obstacle to success.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. burden
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Words Related to Albatross

Related words are words that are directly connected to each other through their meaning, even if they are not synonyms or antonyms. This connection may be general or specific, or the words may appear frequently together.

Related:

  1. albatrosses
  2. black-browed
  3. gannet
  4. exulans
  5. Black-footed
  6. boobies
  7. sea-bird
  8. sea-eagle
  9. diomedea

Albatross Sentence Examples

  • The albatross is of course the most conspicuous sea bird.

  • Several species of albatross are known; for the smaller forms see Mallemuck.

  • The sea-elephant and sea-leopard are characteristic. Penguins of various kinds are abundant; a teal (Querquedula Eatoni) peculiar to Kerguelen and the Crozets is also found in considerable numbers, and petrels, especially the giant petrel (Ossifraga gigantea), skuas, gulls, sheath-bills (Chionis minor), albatross, terns, cormorants and Cape pigeons frequent the island.

  • Actual or projected routes for telegraph cables across the deep sea have also been sounded with extreme accuracy in many cases; but beyond these lines of sounding the vast spaces of the ocean remain unplumbed save for the rare researches of scientific expeditions, such as those of the " Challenger," the " Valdivia," the " Albatross " and the " Scotia."

  • The Suffolk Crag has yielded the unmistakable bones of an albatross, Diomedea.

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