": any of various burrowing Australian crayfishes (genus Cherax , especially C. destructor ) that are used for food":[]
},
"pronounciation":[
"\u02c8ya-b\u0113"
],
"synonyms":[],
"antonyms":[],
"synonym_discussion":"",
"examples":[
"Recent Examples on the Web",
"Suddenly, one of the females caught a yabby and proceeded to roll and shake it to death, like a tiny, furry crocodile. \u2014 Helen Sullivan, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Yet another threat faced by platypuses are yabby traps, also known as Opera House traps because of their shape. \u2014 Helen Sullivan, New York Times , 4 Feb. 2020",
"Display cases also hold opalized freshwater crayfish gastroliths, or yabby buttons, which are found only in Lightning Ridge\u2019s opal mines. \u2014 Michelle Innis, New York Times , 5 July 2016"
],
"history_and_etymology":{
"Wemba-Wemba (Australian aboriginal language of Victoria) yabij":""