Cryptonym

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Cryptonym \Cryp"to*nym\ (kr?p"t?-n?m), n. [Gr. ???? secret +
     ???? name.]
     A secret name; a name by which a person is known only to the
     initiated.
     [1913 Webster]