yellow jack
noun
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: a yellowish carangid marine food fish (Carangoides bartholomaei) found from Massachusetts to Brazil
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Last week, Labrador and his father celebrated Labrador’s recovery by filleting and eating the frozen mutton snapper, lobster and yellow jack that was caught on the day of his injury.
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Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
Americans were well acquainted with yellow fever — or yellow jack as it was called.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2020
The Utters, Partridge, Dale Salkeld and Bobby Sims also caught a yellow jack and three dolphin.
—Steve Waters, miamiherald, 4 May 2018
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Uma Raja, Sun Sentinel, 25 Mar. 2025
Americans were well acquainted with yellow fever — or yellow jack as it was called.
—John Kelly, Washington Post, 11 Feb. 2020
The Utters, Partridge, Dale Salkeld and Bobby Sims also caught a yellow jack and three dolphin.
—Steve Waters, miamiherald, 4 May 2018
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“Yellow jack.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yellow%20jack. Accessed 4 Nov. 2025.
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