Cryptonym

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A secret name, a code name.

    "The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'Shadow'."

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"The spy was known only by his cryptonym, 'Shadow'."

Etymology

From crypto- (“hidden, secret”) + -onym (“name”).

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