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bookname

bookname noun: a name, such as of a plant or animal, that occurs in (especially technical) literature but does not have much currency in the spoken language.

Noun

bookname (plural booknames)

  1. A name, such as of a plant or animal, that occurs in (especially technical) literature but does not have much currency in the spoken language.
  2. (historical) In Imperial China, a name given to a student on starting school.

Forms of bookname

pluralbooknames

Origin of bookname

From book + name.

Questions about bookname

What does bookname mean?
Bookname means a name, such as of a plant or animal, that occurs in (especially technical) literature but does not have much currency in the spoken language.
What part of speech is bookname?
Bookname is a noun.
What is the plural of bookname?
The plural of bookname is booknames.

Words near bookname in the dictionary

  1. bookmites
  2. bookmobile
  3. bookmobiles
  4. bookmonger
  5. bookmongers
  6. bookname
  7. booknames
  8. booknap
  9. booknapped
  10. booknapping
  11. booknaps

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Adapted from Wiktionary: bookname (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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