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What is the noun for albatross?

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albatross
  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, except a par 3 hole.
  3. Synonyms:
      4. burden, load, encumbrance, millstone, hindrance, shackle, impediment, misery, woe, cross to bear, albatross around one's neck, weight, strain, liability, stress, worry, pressure, difficulty, tax, drain, affliction, trouble, drag, ball and chain, responsibility, obligation, thorn in one's side, cross, punishment, imposition, anxiety, duty, misfortune, grievance, yoke, onus, hardship, deadweight, task, cumber, problem, demand, oppression, charge, chain, excess baggage, millstone round one's neck, incubus, sorrow, tribulation … more
  4. Examples:
      5. “The albatross of managing multiple projects simultaneously weighed heavily on her shoulders.”
      “The albatross soared gracefully across the endless ocean, its wingspan captivating all who beheld its majestic flight.”
      “Like a wingless albatross I plummeted two storeys into an overgrown plumbago.”
albatross
  1. (figuratively) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.
  2. Synonyms:
      3. burden, load, encumbrance, millstone, hindrance, shackle, impediment, misery, woe, cross to bear, albatross around one's neck, weight, strain, liability, stress, worry, pressure, difficulty, tax, drain, affliction, trouble, drag, ball and chain, responsibility, obligation, thorn in one's side, cross, punishment, imposition, anxiety, duty, misfortune, grievance, yoke, onus, hardship, deadweight, task, cumber, problem, demand, oppression, charge, chain, excess baggage, millstone round one's neck, incubus, sorrow, tribulation … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “The albatross of managing multiple projects simultaneously weighed heavily on her shoulders.”
      “The albatross soared gracefully across the endless ocean, its wingspan captivating all who beheld its majestic flight.”
      “Like a wingless albatross I plummeted two storeys into an overgrown plumbago.”
albatrosses
  1. plural of albatross
  2. Synonyms:
      3. challenges, tasks, duties, responsibilities, burdens, jobs, obligations, trials, functions, missions, onuses, pains, undertakings, work, assignments, chores, inconvenience, bothers, callings, charges, exercises, gauntlets, hardship, headaches, loads, tests, troubles, efforts, works, hardships, inconveniences, offices, engagements, businesses, commitments, concerns, roles, briefs, posts, directives, incumbencies, devoirs, occupations, operations, commissions, details, cares, services, imperatives, instructions … more
  3. Examples:
      4. “Intended to lure tuna, swordfish, and other creatures, fish bait on longlines is equally attractive to albatrosses.”
      “A fishing centre, Steward Island attracts a population of mollymawks, small albatrosses with wingspans of nearly eight feet.”
      “You can find this same remarkable system in humans, albatrosses, rattlesnakes, bullfrogs, and all other land vertebrates.”
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