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yellow jacks

yellow jacks is the plural of yellow jack.

Meaning of yellow jack

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

Questions about yellow jacks

What is yellow jacks the plural of?
Yellow jacks is the plural of yellow jack.

Words near yellow jacks in the dictionary

  1. yellow hordes
  2. yellow iris
  3. yellow jack
  4. yellow jacket
  5. yellow jackets
  6. yellow jacks
  7. yellow jasmine
  8. yellow jasmines
  9. yellow jersey
  10. yellow jerseys
  11. yellow jessamine

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