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Yabby vs Prawn - What's the difference?

yabby | prawn |

In intransitive terms the difference between yabby and prawn

is that yabby is to search for yabbies while prawn is to fish for prawns.

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.

    • prawn

    English

    (wikipedia prawn)

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A large shrimp, mostly in order Dendrobranchiata.
  • (slang) A woman with a very toned body, but an unattractive face.
    • She's a prawn !

    Synonyms

    * (woman) butterface

    Derived terms

    * come the raw prawn * king prawn

    Verb

    (en verb)
  • To fish for prawns.