Translingual

A thorny dragon (Moloch horridus), the sole species of the genus Moloch, in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia

Etymology

New Latin, from Hebrew מולך ‎(Moloch, “Ammonite god, worshipped by Canaanites and Phoenicians, who demanded child-sacrifice. Mentioned in Leviticus and Deuteronomy”)

Proper noun

Moloch m

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Agamidae – the thorny dragon, of Australia.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Reptilia - class; Eureptilia, Romeriida - clades; Diapsida - subclass; Lepidosauromorpha - infraclass; Lepidosauria - superorder; Squamata - order; Sauria - suborder; Iguania - infraorder; Agamidae - family; Amphibolurinae – subfamily

Hyponyms

• (genus): Moloch horridus – sole known species

See also

• Moloch horridus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Moloch on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

English

Alternative forms

Proper noun

Moloch

1. An ancient Ammonite deity worshiped by the Canaanites, Phoenician and related cultures in North Africa and the Levant.
2. (figuratively) A person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice.
   • 1857 November, “The Present Panic”, in Tait's Edinburgh Magazine, volume XXIV, Edinburgh: William Tait, OCLC 1607056, page 644:

     They [bankers] would do what has been done by the Bank of France—buy bullion at a premium, on the approach of danger, and keep peril at a safe and respectable distance. Any expenditure that might be incurred for that purpose would be small indeed when contrasted with the immense loss and suffering caused by the present system, and the continual fear in which the public now live of some new crisis—because it has been out of one and into another for a long period now; and that will be the case hereafter, until we have no interval to gather strength, and recruit for the next struggle with Mammon, or Moloch, or whatever other name of evil import belongs to the "Tutelarity" of Lombard-street and its precincts.

Translations

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔlɔχ/, /ˈmoːlɔχ/

Noun

Moloch m ‎(genitive Molochs, plural Moloche)

1. behemoth
2. (figuratively) Moloch (person or thing demanding or requiring a very costly sacrifice)
   • 1920, Hermione von Preuschen, Yoshiwara:

     Nun umgab sie der Moloch Berlin, der ihr alles von ferne zeigte und nichts gönnte.

Declension

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• Moloque

Proper noun

Moloch m

1. Moloch (ancient Ammonite deity)

English

Wikispecies

Noun

moloch ‎(plural molochs)

1. Moloch horridus, an Australian lizard thought to be the sole member of the genus Moloch.

Synonyms

• (Moloch horridus): thorny dragon, thorny devil, mountain devil, thorny lizard