yabby
/ˈjabi
/(also yabbie)
noun (plural yabbies) Australian
1A small freshwater crayfish.
- Genus Charax, infraorder Astacidea, in particular the common C. destructor.
- Alberta beef was replaced with squid, crab, crayfish and something fishy called yabbies.
- Even bait gathering such as pumping yabbies you require a permit.
1.1 another term for nipper (sense 4).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
- prickly yellow
- prick-ma-dainty
- prick-madam
- prick-mark
- prick-me-dainty
- prickpear
- prick post
- prick punch
- prick-seam
- prick shooting
- prick something out
- pricksong
- prick spur
- prick stitch
- prick-sucker
- prick-tease
- prick-teased
- prick-teaser
- prick-teasing
- prick test
- prick up one's ears
- prick wheel
- prickwood
- sweet violet
- sweet william