Definition of Genus Moloch

1. Noun. Genus of Australian desert lizard.

Generic synonyms: Reptile Genus
Group relationships: Agamidae, Family Agamidae
Member holonyms: Moloch, Moloch Horridus, Mountain Devil, Spiny Lizard

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Moloch

genus Miltonia
genus Mimosa
genus Mimus
genus Minuartia
genus Mirabilis
genus Mirounga
genus Mitchella
genus Mitella
genus Mnium
genus Mobula
genus Moehringia
genus Mohria
genus Mola
genus Mollienesia
genus Molluga
genus Moloch (current term)
genus Molothrus
genus Molucella
genus Molva
genus Momordica
genus Momotus
genus Monarda
genus Monardella
genus Moneses
genus Monilia
genus Monocanthus
genus Monochamus
genus Monodon
genus Monomorium
genus Mononychus

Literary usage of Genus Moloch

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Papers and Proceedings of the Royal Society of Tasmania by Royal Society of Tasmania (1882)
"... and the very remarkable genus, Moloch. The Class Amphibia is limited in Australia to the one Order, ..."

2. Australasia and the Oceanic Region: With Some Notice of New Guinea, from by William Brackley Wildey (1876)
"I have named this genus Moloch (Horrid King.)" PRICKLY HEAT is terribly annoying to new comers, but is said to be healthy. At certain seasons it appears. ..."

3. Australasia and the Oceanic Region: With Some Notice of New Guinea by William Brackley Wildey (1876)
"I have named this genus Moloch (Horrid King.)" PRAYING MANTIS.—This is a gigantic moth or grasshopper; they are, in Queensland, sometimes termed " preachers ..."

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