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yellow jack

Syllables: yel·low·jack

yellow jack noun: synonym of yellow fever.

Noun

yellow jack (countable and uncountable, plural yellow jacks)

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

Synonyms of yellow jack

Forms of yellow jack

pluralyellow jacks

Questions about yellow jack

What does yellow jack mean?
Yellow jack means synonym of yellow fever.
What part of speech is yellow jack?
Yellow jack is a noun.
What is the plural of yellow jack?
The plural of yellow jack is yellow jacks.

Words near yellow jack in the dictionary

  1. yellow hill ants
  2. yellow Himalayan raspberry
  3. yellow horde
  4. yellow hordes
  5. yellow iris
  6. yellow jack
  7. yellow jacket
  8. yellow jackets
  9. yellow jacks
  10. yellow jasmine
  11. yellow jasmines

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