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.

(figuratively) A long-term impediment, burden, or curse.

plural of albatross

plural of wandering albatross

A seabird in the genus Diomedea in the albatross family.

Phoebastria immutabilis, a large seabird of the North Pacific, mostly found in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands.

plural of Laysan albatross

A large seabird, Diomedea exulans, with a very large wingspread.

Thalassarche melanophris is a large seabird in the albatross family..

(idiomatic, figuratively) A characteristic, possession, associate, or previous deed that hinders one's ability to succeed.