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A Dictionary of Non-Scientific Names of Freshwater Crayfishes ...

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78 SMITHSONIAN CONTRIBUTIONS TO ANTHROPOLOGY<br />

Cherax destructor and/or Euastacus sp. [Australia:<br />

Victoria; Lake Hindmarsh, Upper Regions Station, and<br />

Lower Wimmera (probably = Wotjobaluk Aboriginal<br />

tribe <strong>of</strong> Tindale, 1974:208 (141°45'E x 35°50'S))]<br />

Curr, 1887(III):474, Sta. 207a.<br />

Woodville Karst cave crayfish CAMBARIDAE,<br />

Procambarus (Ortmannicus) orcinus. [U.S.: Florida;<br />

Leon Co., subterranean waters] Williams, et al.,<br />

1989:26; Hobbs, 1989:69.<br />

woorrewor = "Horn <strong>of</strong> crayfish." PARASTACI­<br />

DAE?. [Australia: Tasmania; Bruny Island (probably<br />

= South East Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong> Jones, in Tindale,<br />

1974:336-338 (147°10'E x 43°10'S))] Plomley,<br />

1976:262.<br />

worronguna PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably<br />

= Cherax destructor. [Australia: South Australia;<br />

Yorke's (Yorke) Peninsula (not Cape York Peninsula,<br />

Queensland) (probably = Narangga Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong><br />

Tindale, 1974:214 (137°35'E x 34°35'S))] Kuhn, in<br />

Curr, vol. 11:146, Sta. 67. See danibutcha.<br />

wunmeen PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =<br />

Cherax gladstonensis. [Australia: Queensland; Boyne<br />

River, Toolooa or Dandan Aboriginal tribe (= Tulua<br />

Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong> Tindale, 1974:186 (151°10'E x<br />

24°15'S))] Curr, 1887(111): 124, Sta. 161.<br />

wurenag PARASTACIDAE, small crayfish, probably<br />

= Cherax destructor, and/or C. albidus. [Australia:<br />

South Australia/Victoria; Djadjala dialect <strong>of</strong> Wergaia<br />

Aboriginal tribe (= Potaruwutj Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong><br />

Tindale, 1974:218 (140°30'E x 36°25'S))] Hercus,<br />

1969a:422. See jabidj, lib-lib-wil, and yapitch.<br />

wura?ja-?a [Orthography employed by Olmsted]<br />

ASTACIDAE, probably Pacifastacus sp. [U.S.,<br />

western: Atsugewi Indians] Olmsted, 1984:175. See<br />

wara^'a?.<br />

xbau CAMBARIDAE? (if not crabs). [Mexico:<br />

Yucatan, Mayan] Perez, D.J.P., 1866-1877:21. See<br />

ix bau.<br />

yaabitch PARASTACIDAE, probably = Engaeus sp.,<br />

Cherax destructor, and/or C. albidus. [Australia: Victoria;<br />

"Victorian Region groups" Ercildoune dialect<br />

(probably = Wathaurung Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong> Tindale,<br />

1974:208 (143°55'E x 39°0'S))] Mathew, 1899:230-<br />

231. See also Jabby, jabidj, kapich, lobbie, yaapitch<br />

yabbechi, yabbie, yabby, yampit, yapi, yapit,<br />

yapitch, yappi, yappitch, yappy, yobbie, and yobbis.<br />

yaam PARASTACIDAE, probably = Cherax destructor,<br />

Euastacus sp., Engaeus sp., and/or Geocharax sp.<br />

[Australia: Victoria; "Victorian Region groups" (probably<br />

= Gunditjmara Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong> Tindale,<br />

1974:204 (142°0'E x 38°5'S)), Warrnambool dialect]<br />

Mathew, 1899:230-231. See yarrun.<br />

yaapitch PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =<br />

Engaeus sp. and/or Cherax destructor. [Australia: New<br />

South Wales/Victoria; Kerang, Loddon River (probably<br />

= Baraparapa Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong> Tindale, 1974:191-2<br />

(144°45'E x 35°20'S))] Curr, 1887(III):512, Sta.<br />

208g. See also Jabby, jabidj, lobbie, yaabitch, yaapitch,<br />

yabbie, yabby, yampit, yapi, yapit, yapitch,<br />

yappi, yappi, yappy, yobbie, and yobbis.<br />

yabbechi PARASTACIDAE, "crayfish," probably =<br />

Engaeus sp., Cherax destructor, and/or C. albidus.<br />

[Australia: Victoria; Piangil, Wotti-wotti Aboriginal<br />

tribe (= Watiwati Aboriginal tribe <strong>of</strong> Tindale, 1974:208<br />

(143°25'E x 35°5'S))] Curr, 1887(111):450, Sta. 201.<br />

See also Jabby, jabidj, kapich, lobbie, yaabitch,<br />

yaapitch, yabbie, yabby, yampit, yapi, yapit, yapitch,<br />

yappi, yappi, yappy, yobbie, and yobbis.<br />

yabbee PARASTACIDAE. As a contemporary word<br />

derived from the Aboriginal, it is used specifically for<br />

Cherax destructor and Engaeus sp., but is also used<br />

loosely for all Australian crayfish and sometimes for<br />

Western Australian crayfishes other than marron, q.v.<br />

[Australia: outmoded South Australian derivative <strong>of</strong> unspecified<br />

Aboriginal language] Olszewski, 1980:16.<br />

See also Jabby, jabidj, kapich, lobbie, yaapitch yabbechi,<br />

yabbie, yabby, yampit, yapi, yapit, yapitch,<br />

yappi, yappitch, yappy, yobbie, and yobbis.<br />

yabber PARASTACIDAE. As a contemporary word<br />

derived from the Aboriginal, it is used specifically for<br />

Cherax destructor and Engaeus sp., but is also used<br />

loosely for all Australian crayfish and sometimes for<br />

Western Australian crayfishes other than marron, q.v.<br />

[Australia: obsolete South Australian derivative <strong>of</strong> unspecified<br />

Aboriginal language] Olszewski, 1980:15.<br />

See also Jabby, jabidj, kapich, lobbie, yaapitch,<br />

yabbechi, yabbie, yabby, yampit, yapi, yapit,

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