Yabbied

Part of speech: verb

Definitions

1. Having caught or harvested a freshwater crayfish commonly found in Australia ; related to or describing the action of collecting these small aquatic crustaceans ; characterized by involvement with or resembling activities associated with freshwater crayfish gathering
2. Pertaining to the process or result of trapping or taking yabbies, a type of freshwater crayfish ; connected with or indicative of handling or managing this particular crustacean species ; describing anything associated with the appearance or handling of these small freshwater creatures
3. Denoting the state of having engaged in the capture of freshwater crayfish often found in muddy aquatic environments ; linked to activities involving the collection or study of this specific crustacean ; referring to anything that has the traits or context of yabby fishing or catching methods

Etymology: "Yabbied" is the past tense and past participle of "yabby", an Australian term for a freshwater crayfish, and the verb means to catch such crayfish. The noun comes from Wemba-Wemba, an Aboriginal language of south-western Victoria and the Murray River region, where a word "yabij" named the animal. English speakers in Australia took it over, and it has stayed a distinctly Australian word. The crayfish it names is Cherax destructor, a species native to the river systems of south-eastern Australia and widely known as the yabby. Because the animal is common in farm dams and streams, catching yabbies became a familiar pastime, usually done with a line baited with meat and a net, and the verb grew from that everyday activity.

Synonyms: caught crayfish, trapped yabby, fished yabby