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An albatross is one of a family of large winged seabirds.

Albatross or Albatros may also refer to:

Animals

• Albatross (butterfly) or Appias, a genus of butterfly
• Albatross (horse) (1968–1998), a Standardbred horse

Literature

• Albatross Books, a German publishing house that produced the first modern mass market paperback books
• Albatros Literaturpreis, a literary award
• "L'albatros" (poem) ("The Albatross"), 1859 poem by Charles Baudelaire
• The Albatross, a 1971 novella by Susan Hill
• The Albatross, the fictional propeller-sustained airship in Jules Verne's novel Robur the Conqueror
• Albatross (novel), a 2019 novel by Terry Fallis

Film and television

• Films Albatros, a French film production company which operated between 1922 and 1939
• Albatross (2011 film), a British film
• Albatross (2015 film), an Icelandic film
• Albatross (2022 film), an American drama film
• Drift Away (film), French title Albatros, a 2021 French drama film
• Albatross (Monty Python sketch), a sketch from Monty Python's Flying Circus, first appearing in 1970
• "Albatross" (Star Trek: The Animated Series), a 1974 episode of the animated television series
• "Albatross" (Law & Order: Criminal Intent), a 2007 episode of the television crime drama

Music

• An Albatross, an American artcore/grindcore band
• Albatross (Nepali band)

Albums

• Albatross (Big Wreck album) (2012)
• Albatross (The Classic Crime album) (2006)
• Albatross, a 2005 album by The Standard
• The Albatross (album)
• Albatross (Fleetwood Mac album), a 1977 compilation album by Fleetwood Mac and Christine Perfect

Songs

• "Albatross" (Big Wreck song)
• "Albatross" (Corrosion of Conformity song) (1994)
• "Albatross" (instrumental), a 1968 instrumental by Fleetwood Mac
• "Albatross", an unreleased song by Brave Saint Saturn
• "Albatross", a 1967 song by Judy Collins from Wildflowers
• "Albatross", a 1979 song by Public Image Ltd. from Metal Box
• "Albatross", a 1997 song by the American band Bright from The Albatross Guest House
• "Albatross", a 2011 song by Wild Beasts
• "Albatross", a 2015 song by Foals from What Went Down
• "Albatross", a 2022 song by Kevin Devine from Nothing's Real, So Nothing's Wrong
• "The Albatross", a 2024 song by Taylor Swift from The Tortured Poets Department

Transportation

Aircraft

• Albatros Airlines (Turkey), a Turkish charter airline from 1992 to 1996
• Albatros Airways, an Albanian budget airline
• Albatros Flugzeugwerke, a German aircraft manufacturer
• Albatross Soaring Machine, an unsuccessful flying machine designed by William Paul Butusov in 1896
• Aero L-39 Albatros, a Czech jet trainer aircraft
• de Havilland Albatross, a four-engine British transport aircraft
• Grumman HU-16 Albatross, a US Air Force, Navy and Coast Guard amphibious flying boat
• Beriev A-40 Albatros, a Russian amphibious plane
• Gossamer Albatross, a human-powered airplane
• L'Albatros artificiel, gliders built by Jean-Marie Le Bris in 1856–1868
• "Albatross" drones, reconnaissance drones developed for the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the Russian company Albatross, which operates the Yelabuga drone factory

Automobiles

• Albatros (1912 automobile), a French automobile
• Albatros (1922 automobile), a British automobile
• Albatross (automobile), an American sports car venture that was planned in 1939

Trains

• V250 (train) or Albatross, a high-speed train designed to operate between Amsterdam and Brussels
• Albatross, a GWR 3031 Class locomotive built for and run on the Great Western Railway between 1891 and 1915

Ships

• List of ships named Albatros or Albatross

Other uses

• Albatross (cloth), a lightweight, soft material with a napped and slightly creped surface
• Albatross (golf), a score of three under par on a hole
• Albatross (metaphor), an encumbrance or a wearisome burden
• Albatross (Rolling Thunder), a video game character
• Albatross, Missouri
• Grupo Albatros, a special operations service of the Argentine Naval Prefecture
• HMAS Albatross (air station), a Royal Australian Navy base
• Albatross Marine, a British manufacturer of very light aluminium speedboats
• Michael Gross (swimmer) or "The Albatross", former professional swimmer
• Albatross stores, special stores in the Soviet Union to sail foerign goods for special coupons

See also

• All pages with titles beginning with Albatross
• All pages with titles containing Albatross

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