Yabby

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈjæb.i/
• Rhymes: -æbi

Alternative forms

• yabbie

Origin

Wemba-Wemba yabij.

Full definition of yabby

Noun

1. (AU) A freshwater Australian crayfish of the genus , especially .
• 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 of the infraorder .

Derived terms

Verb

1. (intransitive) To search for yabbies.