Go to MSN Homeencarta®
HomeEncyclopediaDictionariesWorld AtlasSchoolUniversityStudy CentreQuizzesMore
Dictionary
Find
in
Dictionary
Thesaurus
Translations
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ
Click to move up the list of words
yack
yacker
yackety-yak
yadda yadda yadda
YAG
Yagara
Yagi aerial
yagna
yah (1)
yah (2)
yah-boo
yah-boo politics
yahoo (1)
yahoo (2)
Yahrzeit
Yahveh
Yahweh
Click to move down the list of words
Print Preview
See pronunciation key
Search for "yabby" in all of MSN Encarta
E-mail this entry
Download the MSN Encarta Right-Click Dictionary

yabby
yabby [ yábbi ] (plural yabbies or yabby) or yabbie [ yábbi ] (plural yabbies or yabbie)


noun 
Definition:
 
Australia Australian crayfish: a small freshwater crayfish. Native to: Australia.  Genus Cherax.
[Late 19th century. < Wembawemba yabij]
Encarta® World English Dictionary [North American Edition] © & (P)2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. Developed for Microsoft by Bloomsbury Publishing Plc.
Advertisement

Also on Encarta
• Great Writing By Great Writers
• The Latest Top 10 Lists
• Encarta's Famous Quizzes
Also on MSN
• Entertainment on MSN: Top Movies
• MSN Careers: Job Hunting Made Easy
• Today's News on MSN
Encarta Message Boards (© Rubberball/Jupiterimages)
Encarta RSS Feeds
© 2008 Microsoft