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yabby

noun
yab·​by | \ ˈya-bÄ“ How to pronounce yabby (audio) \
variants: or yabbie
plural yabbies

Definition of yabby

: any of various burrowing Australian crayfishes (genus Cherax, especially C. destructor) that are used for food

Examples of yabby in a Sentence

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 Display cases also hold opalized freshwater crayfish gastroliths, or yabby buttons, which are found only in Lightning Ridge’s opal mines. — Michelle Innis, New York Times, "An Australian Town’s Rare Mix: Dinosaur Bones and Opalized Pine Cones," 5 July 2016

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First Known Use of yabby

1894, in the meaning defined above

History and Etymology for yabby

Wemba-Wemba (Australian aboriginal language of Victoria) yabij

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