albatross in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for albatross in the English»French Dictionary

albatross [Brit ˈalbətrɒs, Am ˈælbəˌtrɔs] N

1. albatross:

albatross

albatros m

2. albatross (in golf):

albatross

albatros m

to be the albatross around sb's neck

être un grave problème pour qn

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Translations for albatross in the English»French Dictionary

albatross [ˈælbətrɒs, Am -trɑ:s] N

albatross

albatros m

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The exceptions are the huge albatrosses, several of the gadfly petrels and shearwaters and the fulmar-petrels.

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These nesters include species of albatrosses, petrels, skuas, gulls and terns.

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It was an albatross of the finest kind.

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In all albatross species, both parents incubate the egg in stints that last between one day and three weeks.

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However, some seabirds, particularly, the albatrosses and gulls, have broken into popular consciousness.

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All other tubenoses are part of the albatross clade.

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The great albatrosses are predominantly white in plumage as adults, with birds becoming whiter as they age.

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It is one of three species of albatross that range in the northern hemisphere, nesting on isolated tropical islands.

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This efficient long-distance travelling underlies the albatross's success as a long-distance forager, covering great distances and expending little energy looking for patchily distributed food sources.

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It can be an energetically demanding process, with adult albatrosses losing as much as 83 g of body weight a day.

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