nounplural noun yabbies

• 1Australian A small freshwater crayfish.

  Genus Charax, infraorder Astacidea, in particular the common C. destructor

  ‘Blackfish can also be great sport in coloured water by using your bream rig and fresh yabbies.’

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  • ‘Alberta beef was replaced with squid, crab, crayfish and something fishy called yabbies.’
  • ‘Even bait gathering such as pumping yabbies you require a permit.’
  • ‘Once again it is fresh yabbies that are taking the most fish.’
  • ‘I was taught to swim in the creek, and taught how to fish on the beach, and how to get sandworms, yabbies and pippies, which we used for our bait.’
  • ‘Cherax tenuimanus, a crayfish of W. Australia, related to the yabby, but larger, in fact the third largest crayfish in the world.’

  1. 1.1
     another term for nipper (sense 4)
     ‘The Yabby is a small freshwater crayfish endemic to South Eastern Australia.’
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     • ‘Freshwater yabbies are crayfish of the genus Cherax (infraorder Astacidea, family Parastacidae). They are often caught for food.’