yellow jack

English

Pronunciation
  • Hyphenation: yel‧low‧jack

Noun

yellow jack (countable and uncountable, plural yellow jacks)

  1. (uncountable) Synonym of yellow fever.
  2. (countable, nautical) A yellow flag used by ships as a warning of disease.
  3. (countable) A fish of species Caranx bartholomaei, of warm western Atlantic waters.
    Synonym: coolihoo

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