Definitions
Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia.
Word origin
Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba yabij.
Used in a sentence
“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.”
“Wiradjuri people in New South Wales also built large dams, and then carried fish and yabbies in coolamons over large distances to stock the new waterholes.”
“Putting the yabby on a hook takes a little care and hook sizes need to match the physical dimensions of the yabby.”
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Used as a crossword answer1 curated clues
01“Freshwater crayfish”5 letters
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