Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. In Australia, a crawfish, Astacopsis bicarinatus.
Wiktionary
- n. An Australian crayfish, Cherax destructor.
- n. Australia Any freshwater crayfish.
- v. intransitive To search for yabbies.
Etymologies
- Wemba-Wemba yabij. (Wiktionary)
Examples
“Theres no more room in the yabby bike bag- what with tubes, co2,tire levers, money,bike tool and ancient fruit bar in a bag the size of my fist...”
“That same month, police on Kangaroo Island off the coast of South Australia traced a rash of break-ins back to people poaching marron, a crayfish that's even larger than the bass yabby.”
“Another illegal yabby operation was busted in June.”
“In Australia, a government crime commission said last year that organized crime rings are increasingly poaching freshwater species, including a giant crayfish about the size of a small lobster, known as the "bass yabby.”
“Ute: pickup truck windscreen: windshield yabby: freshwater crayfish”
“Chef Justin North's meticulous modernist cooking "forgotten" vegetables with smoked pork jowl and yabby--crawfish--tails served on a stone block with a curl of cedar smoldering on the corner is still anything but pedestrian.”
“We moved on and camped on a private Station, at a place called Moll Gorge, we have been trying to catch fish, Saxon's yabby net is a winner.”
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“Even though the tank is kept clean, is it likely to cause a problem if there are fish in the tank with the yabby, contributing to the ammonia levels?”
“My brother is giving me a yabby from his dam on his farm.”
“I plan to put the yabby in with the guppies, being prepared to lose a few fish since there are so many of them.”
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘yabby’.
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phrontistery-y
from phrontistery.info
yabba, yabby, yachty, yad, yaff, yaffingale, yag, yager, yahrzeit, yair, yajna, yakhdan and 63 more...
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Looking Words Up is Time-Consuming, D...
Stuff found while looking up other stuff, and there's no place to put this stuff.
storax, spignel, cassia lignea, gum serapin, spikenard, paraterminal, paraterminal, cingulate gyrus, hypocaust, laconicum, tepidarium, frigidarium and 119 more...
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Australian Fauna
endemic species of terra australis
phascogale, wombat, ornithoryncus, wambenger, tuan, potoroo, platypus, echidna, bilby, bandicoot, antechinus, numbat and 101 more...
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aozuas's Words
sense data, hyperreality, brouhaha, ibid, apophenia, fnord, lackadaisical, schadenfreude, bildungsroman, ready-made, readymade, tergiversar and 654 more...
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Critters
cockle, cicada, appaloosa, brachiopod, bivalve, aye-aye, cygnet, alewife, chamois, ermine, drake, dugong and 381 more...
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Australian Animals
rawr
wombat, bilby, kangaroo, platypus, dingo, wallaby, kiwi, bush baby, water rat, kingsnake, echidna, koala and 28 more...
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Crustaceans
yabby, marron, gilgie, koonac, crayfish, crawfish, crawdad, crawdaddy, cray, koura, mudbug, parastacine and 69 more...
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Australiana
quokka, wombat, numbat, bonzer, grouse, woop woop, not the full quid, zac, mate, koala, chunder, vegemite and 49 more...
Tweets
Looking for tweets for yabby.
chained_bear Usage on yabbies. Apr 17, 2009
reesetee Ooh--okay! Apr 25, 2008
Prolagus Then add it here! Apr 25, 2008
reesetee Great word, though. And I like the Latin name for the Common Yabby, Cherax destructor. :-) Apr 25, 2008
plethora Make good pets. Not so tasty, yuk. Apr 25, 2008
aujourdui it's a giant lobster!!! Apr 25, 2008