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Black jack

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Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A city in Saint Louis County, Missouri, United States, named for a grove of blackjack oaks.
Noun
  1. 1
    Any of certain species of Caranx of gamefish, including C. latus and C. crysos, but especially Caranx lugubris. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    Certain beggarticks (Bidens spp.), especially Bidens pilosa. countable, uncountable
  3. 3
    Larva of a turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae) countable, obsolete, uncountable

    "There is a sort of black caterpillar called a black jack, which is seldom seen; but when they do come, they make terrible havock."

  4. 4
    Sphalerite. countable, uncountable
  5. 5
    A tufted or ring-necked scaup duck (Aythya collaris). countable, uncountable
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  1. 6
    Alternative form of blackjack. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable
  2. 7
    Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, jack. countable, uncountable

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