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Spiny Lizard

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Noun

1. moloch horridus, mountain devil, spiny lizard

desert lizard that feeds on ants

2. spiny lizard

any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America

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Spiny Lizard

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noun
a spiny Australian desert-living lizard, Moloch horridus, that feeds on ants: family Agamidae (agamas)
. Also called: mountain devil, spiny lizard
noun
Old Testament
a Semitic deity to whom parents sacrificed their children

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Spiny Lizard

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

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