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  • jack-in-the-box
    [from its resemblance to the toy: the larva constructs a casing of twigs about two inches long within which it
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  • jack fish
    [Car.; cf. Sra. djakki idem DJE] n. Usually shortened to jack. a common food fish, Caranx hippos: 1782 grupers, jacks
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  • jack dawl
    [cf. OED jack daw small crow sp.; perhaps influenced by doll] n. a black bird, probably the smooth-billed ani, Crotophaga
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  • jack bush
    [DJE idem Eupatorium odoratum; cf. OED jack-in-the-bush local name for hedge garlic] n. a plant (sp?) which grows on rocky
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  • Jack Brush
    [cf. JACK (FISH)] n. a variety of squirrel-fish, Holocentrus sp. = POP-EYE JOHN, BIG-EYE JOHN (San Sal.)
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  • Jack bird
    [cf. OED jack name for various birds; short for jack daw) n. the pearly-eyed thrasher, Margarops fuscatus: 1960 (Bond 169).
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  • jack
    n. 1. [cf. Krio jak familiar address for any male friend KED; also US Black (Claerbaut); W3 pal, buddy ... usually
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