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Yabby vs Crayfish - What's the difference?

yabby | crayfish |

Crayfish is a synonym of yabby.



As nouns the difference between yabby and crayfish

is that yabby is a freshwater Australian crayfish of the genus genus: Cherax, especially species: Cherax destructor while crayfish is a freshwater crustacean (Cambaridae) resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.

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.

    • crayfish

    English

    (wikipedia crayfish)

    Alternative forms

    * (l) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete) * (l), (l), (l) (obsolete)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (New England, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota) A freshwater crustacean () resembling a small lobster, sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.
  • (AU, NZ, South Africa) A rock lobster.

    • Usage notes

    The term crayfish'' predominates in the region of New England and in New York, Pennsylvania Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. In much of the United States—in the South, especially in Louisiana and Texas; in the Midwest and in the West—''crawfish'' predominates. In a belt stretching across Kentucky through Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas and Oklahoma, and in Oregon and northern California, the term ''crawdad predominates.[http://spark-1590165977.us-west-2.elb.amazonaws.com/jkatz/SurveyMaps/]

    Synonyms

    * (freshwater crustaceans) crawdad, crawfish, mudbug, yabby (Australia)

    See also

    * lobster * prawn * shrimp * yabby

    References

    South African English