yellow jack

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Definitions of yellow jack words

noun plural yellow jack Informal. quarantine flag. 1
noun plural yellow jack Pathology. yellow fever. 1
noun plural yellow jack any carangoid fish, especially a Caribbean food fish, Caranx bartholomaei. 1
noun yellow jack any of certain large yellowish carangid food fishes, esp Caranx bartholomaei, of warm and tropical Atlantic waters 0
noun yellow jack yellow fever 0
noun yellow jack a yellow flag used as a signal of quarantine 0

before 1830

One of the 36% newest English words

An Americanism dating back to 1830-40

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