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yellow jack

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yellow jack
n.
1. A yellowish-silver carangid food fish (Caranx bartholomaei) of western Atlantic and Caribbean waters.
2. Nautical A yellow flag hoisted on a ship to request pratique or warn of disease on board.
3. See yellow fever.
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Noun1.yellow jack - caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
black vomit, yellow fever
infectious disease - a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact
2.yellow jack - yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine
flag - emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
3.yellow jack - fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
Caranx bartholomaei
jack - any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas


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