Wiktionary
cryptonyms
n. (plural of cryptonym English)
Usage examples of "cryptonyms".
Since cryptonyms gained their significance from their first two lettersam, for example, referred to Cuba.
Drew and Wilks, Thomas and Fletcher, Hackett and Pews-if they're not related, why give them cryptonyms that refer to brothers?
That's why their cryptonyms suggest they're brothers, even though their last names are different.
He'd chosen their cryptonyms from Greek and roman mythology, indulging his love of complexity, but now he recalled something else from that mythology-the Furies.