Yellow-jack
informal. quarantine flag.
pathology, yellow fever.
any carangoid fish, especially a caribbean food fish, caranx bartholomaei.
historical examples
the house under the sea sir max pemberton
cuba past and present richard davey
noun
(pathol) another name for yellow fever
another name for quarantine flag
any of certain large yellowish carangid food fishes, esp caranx bartholomaei, of warm and tropical atlantic waters
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