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Yes, a compound noun is a word made of two or more individual words that form a word with a meaning of its own: butter+ fly = butterfly.

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Yes, the noun 'butterfly' is a compound noun (butter + fly).

A compound noun is a noun made up of two or more words that forms a noun with a meaning of its own.

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