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albatross

noun
albatross pronunciation English ˈælbətrɒs albatross pronunciation American ˈælbətrɔːs albatross pronunciation American ˈælbətrɑːs
 
1 a very large white bird with long wings that lives in the Pacific and Southern Oceans2 [usually singular] (formal) a thing that causes problems or prevents you from doing somethingThe national debt is an albatross around the president's neck.