Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun yellow_jack

3 senses of yellow jack

Sense 1
yellow jack, yellow fever, black vomit -- (caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito)
       => infectious disease -- (a disease transmitted only by a specific kind of contact)

Sense 2
yellow jack -- (yellow flag hoist on a ship in quarantine)
       => flag -- (emblem usually consisting of a rectangular piece of cloth of distinctive design)

Sense 3
yellow jack, Caranx bartholomaei -- (fish of western Atlantic and Gulf of Mexico)
       => jack -- (any of several fast-swimming predacious fishes of tropical to warm temperate seas)