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yellow jack

PRIMARY MEANINGS OF: yellow jack

1
n
caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
2
n
fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
FULL DEFINITIONS OF: yellow jack
1

n caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

Synonyms:
black vomit, yellow fever
Type of:
infectious disease
a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact

n yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine

Type of:
flag
emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design
2

n fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Synonyms:
Caranx bartholomaei
Type of:
jack
any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas
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