Yabby vs. Crayfish

Yabbynoun

(AU) A freshwater Australian crayfish of the genus Cherax, especially Cherax destructor.

Yabbynoun

(Australia) A type of ghost shrimp of the infraorder Thalassinidea.

Yabbyverb

(intransitive) To search for yabbies.

Crayfishnoun

Any of numerous freshwater decapod crustaceans in superfamilies Astacoidea and Parastacoidea, resembling the related lobster but usually much smaller.

Crayfishnoun

A freshwater crustacean (family Cambaridae), sometimes used as an inexpensive seafood or as fish bait.

Crayfishnoun

A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).

Crayfishverb

(to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)

Crayfishnoun

See Crawfish.

Crayfishnoun

warm-water lobsters without claws; those from Australia and South Africa usually marketed as frozen tails; caught also in Florida and California

Crayfishnoun

tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Crayfishnoun

small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

Crayfishnoun

large edible marine crustacean having a spiny carapace but lacking the large pincers of true lobsters

Crayfish

Crayfish are freshwater crustaceans resembling small lobsters (to which they are related). In some parts of the United States, they are also known as crawfish, craydids, crawdaddies, crawdads, freshwater lobsters, mountain lobsters, rock lobsters, mudbugs, or yabbies.