Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

yellow jack

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.45 in modern English

Syllables
yel-low-jack
IPA
29
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Synonym of yellow fever.

Uncountable

noun

A yellow flag used by ships as a warning of disease.

Countable

noun

A fish of species Carangoides bartholomaei, of warm western Atlantic waters.

Countable

Usage

Inflected Forms

yellow jacks (plural)

Synonyms

yellow fever coolihoo caranx bartholomaei black vomit

Questions

What does yellow jack mean?
Synonym of yellow fever.

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