"albatross" | Definition and Related Words

Noun

(figurative) something that hinders or handicaps (synset 105697450)
hypernym: balk, baulk, check, deterrent, handicap, hinderance, hindrance, impediment - something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress

synonym: millstone
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 seas
hyponym:
- 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 - albatrosses

synonym: mollymawk