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MOUNTAIN DEVIL
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Dictionary entry overview: What does mountain devil mean?
• MOUNTAIN DEVIL (noun)
The noun MOUNTAIN DEVIL has 2 senses:
1. erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
2. desert lizard that feeds on ants
Familiarity information: MOUNTAIN DEVIL used as a noun is rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Erect bushy shrub of eastern Australia having terminal clusters of red flowers yielding much nectar
Classified under:
Nouns denoting plants
Synonyms:
honey-flower; honeyflower; Lambertia formosa; mountain devil
Hypernyms ("mountain devil" is a kind of...):
bush; shrub (a low woody perennial plant usually having several major stems)
Holonyms ("mountain devil" is a member of...):
genus Lambertia; Lambertia (small genus of Australian shrubs)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Desert lizard that feeds on ants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Synonyms:
Moloch horridus; mountain devil; spiny lizard
Hypernyms ("mountain devil" is a kind of...):
moloch (any lizard of the genus Moloch)
Holonyms ("mountain devil" is a member of...):
genus Moloch (genus of Australian desert lizard)
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