English

Cherax destructor (yabby)

Alternative forms

• yabbie

Noun

yabby ‎(plural yabbies)

1. (Australia) A freshwater Australian crayfish of the genus Cherax, especially Cherax destructor.
   • 1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber 2003, p. 386:

     Having arrived at night I can speak with some authority on the desolate feeling the road produces: the white fire-scarred trunks, the unsettling vision of yabbies moving from one side of the road to the other.

2. (Australia) A type of ghost shrimp of the infraorder Thalassinidea.

Derived terms

• bass yabby

See also

• gilgie, jilgie
• marron

Verb

yabby ‎(third-person singular simple present yabbies, present participle yabbying, simple past and past participle yabbied)

1. (intransitive) To search for yabbies.