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YELLOW JACK

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 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico

Synonyms:

Caranx bartholomaei; yellow jack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("yellow jack" is a kind of...):

jack (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Hypernyms ("yellow jack" is a kind of...):

flag (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito

Synonyms:

black vomit; yellow fever; yellow jack

Classified under:

Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

Hypernyms ("yellow jack" is a kind of...):

infectious disease (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

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