Moloch

(läk′)

noun

  1. Molech
  2. a spiny, brownish, ant-eating Australian lizard (Moloch horridus) similar to a horned toad but of another family (Agamidae)

See Moloch in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun
A lizard (Moloch horridus) of the deserts and plains of central and southern Australia, having a head and back covered with large spiny scales.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin Moloch, Semitic deity; see moloch 

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noun
  1. In the Bible, the god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom children were sacrificed.
  2. Something possessing the power to exact severe sacrifice.

Origin:

Origin: Late Latin Moloch

Origin: , from Greek Molokh

Origin: , from Hebrew Mōlek

Origin: , of Canaanite origin; see mlk in Semitic roots

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