yellow jack

Questions about yellow jack

What does yellow jack mean?

yellow jack means "caused by a flavivirus transmitted by a mosquito". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for yellow jack?

Close synonyms include yellow fever, black vomit, Caranx bartholomaei. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is yellow jack a common word?

yellow jack is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.