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Yabby vs Crawfish - What's the difference?

yabby | crawfish |

Crawfish is a synonym of yabby.



As nouns the difference between yabby and crawfish

is that yabby is a freshwater Australian crayfish of the genus genus: Cherax, especially species: Cherax destructor while crawfish is alternative form of lang=en.

As verbs the difference between yabby and crawfish

is that yabby is to search for yabbies while crawfish is to backpedal, desert or withdraw, used with out

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.

    • crawfish

    English

    Noun

  • (Southern US, Midwest US, and, Western US)

    • Synonyms

    * crayfish * crawdad

    Verb

  • (dialect, Southern US) To backpedal, desert or withdraw, used with out
    • He said he'd organize the project, but I think he crawfished out of it.

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