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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A yellowish-silver carangid food fish (Caranx bartholomaei syn. Carangoides bartholomaei) of western Atlantic and Caribbean waters.
- noun Nautical A yellow flag hoisted on a ship to request pratique or warn of disease on board.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
yellow Jack , under jack.
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- noun The illness
yellow fever - noun nautical A yellow
flag used by ships as a warning of disease - noun The
fish Caranx bartholomaei
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- noun fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico
- noun caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito
- noun yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine
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chained_bear commented on the word yellow jack
Yellow fever. Also called the black vomit. Usage note on facies febris.
March 18, 2008
hernesheir commented on the word yellow jack
(n): 1. Yellow fever, as well as
2.the maritime quarantine flag denoting the presence of Yellow Fever;
3. Caranx bartholomaei, one of two species of a West Indian golden and silvery food fish of the Jack family, Carangidae, inhabiting waters of the Atlantic ocean from Massachusetts to Brazil. This species grows to 1 meter in length and up to 14 kg.
January 11, 2009