English Explanatory Dictionary

Subbuteo

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines.

Word forms

Subbuteo

Etymology

Trade name, derived from the scientific name Falco subbuteo (a bird of prey, the Eurasian hobby), after a trademark was not granted to its creator Peter Adolph (1916–1994) to call the game "Hobby".

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