(亦作yabbie)
noun
(pl.-ies)
1Austral. a small freshwater crayfish
〈澳〉淡水螯虾, (小型)穴蛄。
1.1Genus Charax, infraorder Astacidea, in particular the common C. destructor.
河螯虾目, 螯虾属(尤指东部穴蛄)
1.2another term for
NIPPER (in sense 4).
词源
late 19th cent.: from Wemba-wemba (an Aboriginal language).