albatross
Noun
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(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps (synset 105697450)
"she was an albatross around his neck"hypernym: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progresssynonym: millstone
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Large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings;
Noted for powerful gliding flight (synset 102060875)hypernym: oceanic bird, pelagic bird - bird of the open seashyponym:- diomedea exulans, wandering albatross - very large albatross; white with wide black wings
- black-footed albatross, diomedea nigripes, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony - a variety of albatross with black feet
member meronym: diomedeidae, family diomedeidae - albatrossessynonym: mollymawk
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