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Yabby vs. Crayfish — What's the Difference?

Yabby vs. Crayfish — What's the Difference?

Difference Between Yabby and Crayfish

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Yabby

Any of several freshwater crayfish of the genus Cherax of Australia, especially C. destructor, commonly raised for food.

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.

Yabby

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

Crayfish

Any of various freshwater crustaceans of the families Astacidae and Cambaridae of the Northern Hemisphere and the family Parastacidae of the Southern Hemisphere, resembling a lobster but considerably smaller. Also called mudbug; also called regionally crawdad.

Yabby

(Australia) A species of marine ghost shrimp, Trypaea australiensis, widely harvested by recreational anglers as bait.
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Crayfish

See spiny lobster.

Yabby

(intransitive) To search, forage, or fish for yabbies.

Crayfish

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

Yabby

To show disrespect by denouncing or insulting; to diss.

Crayfish

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

Crayfish

A rock lobster (family Palinuridae).

Crayfish

(AU) A freshwater crayfish (family Parastacidae), such as the gilgie, marron, or yabby.

Crayfish

(Singapore) The species Thenus orientalis of the slipper lobster family (Scyllaridae).

Crayfish

To catch crayfish

Crayfish

(to backpedal, desert, or withdraw)

Crayfish

See Crawfish.

Crayfish

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

Crayfish

Tiny lobster-like crustaceans usually boiled briefly

Crayfish

Small freshwater decapod crustacean that resembles a lobster

Crayfish

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

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