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GENUS MOLOCH
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Dictionary entry overview: What does genus Moloch mean?
• GENUS MOLOCH (noun)
The noun GENUS MOLOCH has 1 sense:
1. genus of Australian desert lizard
Familiarity information: GENUS MOLOCH used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Genus of Australian desert lizard
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("genus Moloch" is a kind of...):
reptile genus (a genus of reptiles)
Meronyms (members of "genus Moloch"):
moloch (any lizard of the genus Moloch)
Moloch horridus; mountain devil; spiny lizard (desert lizard that feeds on ants)
Holonyms ("genus Moloch" is a member of...):
Agamidae; family Agamidae (an Old World reptile family of Sauria)
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