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Yabby vs Cabby - What's the difference?

yabby | cabby |

As nouns the difference between yabby and cabby

is that yabby is (au) a freshwater australian crayfish of the genus while cabby is (informal) a cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi.

As a verb yabby

is to search for yabbies.

yabby

English

(wikipedia yabby)

Alternative forms

* yabbie

Noun

(yabbies)
  • (AU) A freshwater Australian crayfish of the genus .
  • * 1985 , (Peter Carey), Illywhacker , Faber and Faber 2003, p. 386:
    • Having arrived at night I can speak with some authority on the desolate feeling the road produces: the white fire-scarred trunks, the unsettling vision of yabbies moving from one side of the road to the other.
  • (Australia) A type of (ghost shrimp) of the infraorder .

    • Derived terms

    * (bass yabby)

    See also

    * gilgie, jilgie * marron

    Verb

  • To search for yabbies.

    • cabby

    English

    Alternative forms

    * cabbie

    Noun

    (cabbies)
  • (informal) A cabdriver, someone who drives a taxi.