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Definition of yabby in English: yabby(also yabbie) nounPlural yabbies ˈjabi Australian 1A small freshwater crayfish. Genus Charax, infraorder Astacidea, in particular the common C. destructor Example sentencesExamples - I was taught to swim in the creek, and taught how to fish on the beach, and how to get sandworms, yabbies and pippies, which we used for our bait.
- Once again it is fresh yabbies that are taking the most fish.
- Blackfish can also be great sport in coloured water by using your bream rig and fresh yabbies.
- Cherax tenuimanus, a crayfish of W. Australia, related to the yabby, but larger, in fact the third largest crayfish in the world.
- Alberta beef was replaced with squid, crab, crayfish and something fishy called yabbies.
- Even bait gathering such as pumping yabbies you require a permit.
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another term for nipper (sense 4) Example sentencesExamples - The Yabby is a small freshwater crayfish endemic to South Eastern Australia.
- Freshwater yabbies are crayfish of the genus Cherax (infraorder Astacidea, family Parastacidae). They are often caught for food.
Origin Late 19th century: from Wemba-wemba (an Aboriginal language of SE Australia). Rhymes abbey, cabby, crabby, flabby, gabby, grabby, Rabbie, scabby, shabby, tabby |