variants
or yabbie
plural yabbies
: any of various burrowing Australian crayfishes (genus Cherax, especially C. destructor) that are used for food
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Suddenly, one of the females caught a yabby and proceeded to roll and shake it to death, like a tiny, furry crocodile.
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Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
Yet another threat faced by platypuses are yabby traps, also known as Opera House traps because of their shape.
—Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
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, 5 July 2016
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Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
Yet another threat faced by platypuses are yabby traps, also known as Opera House traps because of their shape.
—Helen Sullivan, New York Times, 4 Feb. 2020
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, 5 July 2016
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“Yabby.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/yabby. Accessed 18 Jul. 2025.
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