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Noun
1. albatross (esp. the short-tailed albatross, Phoebastria albatrus)Usually written using kana alone
Wikipedia definition
2. Short-tailed AlbatrossThe Short-tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross, Phoebastria albatrus, is a large rare seabird from the North Pacific. Although related to the other North Pacific albatrosses, it also exhibits behavioural and morphological links to the albatrosses of the Southern Ocean. It was described by the German naturalist Peter Simon Pallas from skins collected by the Georg Wilhelm Steller (after whom its other common name is derived).
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Other forms
あほう鳥 【あほうどり】阿呆鳥 【あほうどり】阿房鳥 【あほうどり】信天翁 【しんてんおう】アホウドリ
Notes
阿房鳥: Rarely-used kanji form.

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