yellow jack

Definition of Yellow Jack in English :

caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

2. yellow jack

yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine

3. caranx bartholomaei, yellow jack

fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Yellow Jack

noun

1. pathology another name for yellow fever

2. another name for quarantine flag

3.

any of certain large yellowish carangid food fishes, esp Caranx bartholomaei, of warm and tropical Atlantic waters

1.

yellow fever

2.

a yellow flag used as a signal of quarantine

3.

an edible, gold-and-silver marine jack fish (Caranx bartholomaei) found near Florida and the West Indies

n.

1. A yellowish-silver carangid food fish (Caranx bartholomaei syn. Carangoides bartholomaei) of western Atlantic and Caribbean waters.

2. Nautical A yellow flag hoisted on a ship to request pratique or warn of disease on board.