albatross
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.
Other meanings
Any of various African and Asian pierid butterflies of the genus Appias. Some species of this genus are also known as puffins.
A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole, except a par 3 hole.
A kind of
- pelagic bird
Kinds of albatross
- wandering albatross
- black-footed albatross
Related words
- sooty albatross
- Atlantic yellow-nosed albatross
- Laysan albatross
- albatross around one's neck
- black-browed albatross
- great albatross
- royal albatross
- snowy albatross
- wandering albatross
- Campbell albatross
Example sentences
Word history
From Latin "albus" (white).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “albatross” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.