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Definition of Genus moloch
1. Noun. Genus of Australian desert lizard.
Group relationships: Agamidae, Family Agamidae
Member holonyms: Moloch, Moloch Horridus, Mountain Devil, Spiny Lizard
Lexicographical Neighbors of Genus Moloch
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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