albatross

  1. Noun.  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. Noun.  (golf) A double eagle, or three under par on any one hole.
  3. Noun.  (idiomatic) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

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