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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".
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Subbuteo
Today it means: Any of a group of tabletop games that simulate team sports such as association football, cricket, and hockey, played with weighted figurines. Full definition →