yabby
Australian freshwater crayfish
A yabby is a small freshwater crayfish native to Australia, found in rivers, streams, and farm dams.
Yabbies are caught recreationally and commercially, often used as bait or eaten: We spent the afternoon yabbying at the creek.
The word comes from Wemba Wemba, an Aboriginal language of Victoria.
Also spelled yabbie.
Freshwater pinching crustacean
- crawfishSmall freshwater lobster relative
- crawdadSmall freshwater crustacean
- mudbugFreshwater crustacean, colloquially
- crustaceanAquatic arthropod with exoskeleton
Animal's dug dwelling
- billabongIsolated river pool
- damWater-holding barrier
- creekNarrow natural watercourse
- pondSmall still body
mudflat · waterhole · freshwater · tunnel · underground · subterranean · mud · sediment
Remote interior wilderness
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- billabongIsolated river pool
- damWater-holding barrier
rural · farmland · drought · summer · country · regional · native · iconic
Final amount remaining
- trapDevice for catching animals
- baitLure for prey
- fishingCatching aquatic creatures
- bucketOpen-top carrying vessel
meat · string · catching · recreational · family activity · wading · shallow water
crayfish
Freshwater pinching crustacean
burrow
Animal's dug dwelling
pond · mudflat · waterhole · freshwater · tunnel · underground · subterranean · mud · sediment · riverbed
outback
Remote interior wilderness
- bushMulti-stemmed woody plant
- AustralianFrom the southern continent
- billabongIsolated river pool
dam · rural · farmland · drought · summer · country · regional · native · iconic · backyard
net
Final amount remaining
bucket · meat · string · catching · recreational · family activity · wading · shallow water
claw
Curved animal nail
- pincerGrasping claw organ
- carapaceProtective dorsal exoskeleton
- exoskeletonExternal skeletal structure
antennae · gills · abdomen · cephalothorax · chitin · mandible · molting · tail · eyestalk · rostrum
boiled
Heated until bubbling
cooking · succulent · feed · barbecue · catch · local cuisine
- Australianakangaroo, Vegemite, boomerang, koala, didgeridoo
- invertebratesinvertebrate, arthropod, arthropods, mollusk, crustacean
- Australasian foodsmeat pie, sausage roll, pavlova, lamington, fairy bread
- bush tuckerwild fig, wild yam, yams, water lily, honey ant
- crayfishcrawfish, crawdad, mudbug
- Australasian Seafoodbarramundi, flathead, snapper, whiting, prawns
yabbyrock lobster
Clawless marine crustacean
spiny lobster · prawn · cuttlefish · squid
yabbylobster
Large marine shellfish
king crab · mud crab · crayfish · American lobster · rock lobster