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Albatros

AL'BATROS

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Noun.
An aquatic fowl, belonging to the order of ansers. The bill is strait; the upper mandible crooked at the point, and the lower one truncated; the nostrils are oval, open and little prominent, and placed on the sides; the wings are pennated, and there are three webbed toes on each foot. The upper part of the body is of a spotted brown, and the belly white. It is of the size of a pelican or larger, very voracious, preying on fish and small water fowls. These fowls are seen, in great numbers, about the capes of the two continents, and on the northern shores of Asia. They are sometimes called the great gull.

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Albatros

Albatros

See also: albatros

German

Noun

Albatros m ‎(genitive Albatros, plural Albatrosse)

  1. albatross

Declension

albatros

albatros

See also: Albatros

Czech

Noun

albatros m

  1. albatross

Declension

Danish

Noun

albatros c (singular definite albatrossen, plural indefinite albatrosser)

  1. albatross (a large oceanic bird of the Southern Hemisphere)
  2. (golf) an albatross or double eagle (a score of three strokes under par for a hole)

Inflection

References

Dutch

Pronunciation

Noun

albatros m ‎(plural albatrossen, diminutive albatrosje n)

  1. albatross

French

Etymology

From English albatross.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.bat.ʁɔs/
  • Hyphenation: al‧bat‧ros

Noun

albatros m ‎(plural albatros)

  1. albatross
  2. (golf) albatross

References

Galician

Noun

albatros m ‎(plural albatros)

  1. albatross

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [alˈbatrɔs]

Noun

albatros m anim

  1. albatross, any bird of the family Diomedeidae

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ǎlbatros/

Noun

àlbatros m ‎(Cyrillic spelling а̀лбатрос)

  1. albatross

Declension

Synonyms

Spanish

Etymology

From English albatross, from Spanish and Portuguese alcatraz.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈβa.tɾos/

Noun

albatros m ‎(plural albátroses)

  1. albatross

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowing from French albatros.

Noun

albatros ‎(definite accusative albatrosu, plural albatroslar)

  1. albatross (seabird)

Declension

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