albatross

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An alteration of Portuguese word alcatraz (gannet), under influence of the Latin word albus (white); alcatraz comes from Arabic القطرس (al-qaṭrās', sea eagle).

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albatross (plural albatross or albatrosses)

  1. Any of various large seabirds of the family Diomedeidae ranging widely in the Southern Ocean and the North Pacific and having a hooked beak and long narrow wings.
  2. (golf) A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole
  3. (idiomatic) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

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