| NOUN | cognition | albatross, millstone | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps |
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| animal | albatross, mollymawk | large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings |
| Sounds | ae'lbahtraa.s | |
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| Rhymes | Alsace ... semigloss: 20 rhymes with aas... | |
| Meaning | (figurative) something that hinders or handicaps. | |
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| Example | "she was an albatross around his neck" | |
| Synonym | millstone | |
| Broader | hindrance, hinderance, deterrent, impediment, balk, baulk, check, handicap | Something immaterial that interferes with or delays action or progress |
| Spanish | escollo, rémora | |
| Meaning | large web-footed birds of the southern hemisphere having long narrow wings; noted for powerful gliding flight. | |
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| Synonym | mollymawk | |
| Member of | Diomedeidae, family Diomedeidae | albatrosses |
| Narrower | black-footed albatross, gooney, gooney bird, goonie, goony, Diomedea nigripes | A variety of albatross with black feet |
| wandering albatross, Diomedea exulans | Very large albatross | |
| Broader | pelagic bird, oceanic bird | bird of the open / open seas |
| Spanish | albatros, diomedeidae | |
| Catalan | albatros | |
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