"black jack" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: black jacks [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} black jack (countable and uncountable, plural black jacks)
  1. Alternative spelling of blackjack Tags: alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable Alternative form of: blackjack
    Sense id: en-black_jack-en-noun-Z-GYqQhj
  2. A gamefish of species Caranx lugubris. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Jackfish
    Sense id: en-black_jack-en-noun-MY~naOAC Disambiguation of Jackfish: 3 27 18 20 31 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 14 30 32 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 20 24 23 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 20 17 28 31 1
  3. A beggartick (Bidens spp., family of Asteraceae) Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Jackfish
    Sense id: en-black_jack-en-noun-52zL5y15 Disambiguation of Jackfish: 3 27 18 20 31 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 14 30 32 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 20 24 23 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 20 17 28 31 1
  4. (obsolete) The larva of a turnip sawfly (Athalia rosae) Tags: countable, obsolete, uncountable Categories (lifeform): Jackfish Synonyms: black canker, black palmer, nigger
    Sense id: en-black_jack-en-noun-UPaxdMJu Disambiguation of Jackfish: 3 27 18 20 31 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 14 30 32 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 20 24 23 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 20 17 28 31 1
  5. (mining, mineralogy) Sphalerite. Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Minerals, Mining Categories (lifeform): Coreopsideae tribe plants, Jackfish, Oaks, Sawflies and wood wasps
    Sense id: en-black_jack-en-noun-YGJE2I4p Disambiguation of Coreopsideae tribe plants: 7 20 23 18 29 3 Disambiguation of Jackfish: 3 27 18 20 31 2 Disambiguation of Oaks: 8 22 17 17 33 2 Disambiguation of Sawflies and wood wasps: 3 25 17 23 32 1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 8 15 14 30 32 1 Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 4 20 24 23 28 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 2 20 17 28 31 1 Topics: business, chemistry, geography, geology, mineralogy, mining, natural-sciences, physical-sciences
  6. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see black, jack. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-black_jack-en-noun-8PSMfO4y

Inflected forms

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