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YELLOW JACK

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• YELLOW JACK (noun)
The noun YELLOW JACK has 3 senses:

1. caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
2. yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine
3. fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Familiarity information: YELLOW JACK used as a noun is uncommon.

• YELLOW JACK (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Synonyms:

black vomit; yellow fever; yellow jack

Hypernyms ("yellow jack" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

Yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yellow jack" is a kind of...):

flag (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)

Sense 3

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Meaning:

Fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

Caranx bartholomaei; yellow jack

Hypernyms ("yellow jack" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

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