Etymology

yabby

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Today it means: Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia. Full definition →

First used 19th c.Wemba-Wemba yabij
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yabby · noun, verb1

  1. Wemba-Wemba · borrowed fromyabij
  2. English todayyabby

Borrowed from Wemba-Wemba yabij.

yabby · verb2

Unknown.

First known use, by meaning

  • from 19th c. Any of various freshwater crayfish, typically of the genus Cherax, valued as food, especially Cherax destructor of southeastern Australia.
  • from 20th c. A species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait; a nipper.

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