Mō'loch, n.

(mō'lŏk), n. [Heb. molech, king.]

1. (Script.) The deity of the Ammonites, to whom human sacrifices were offered in the valley of Tophet.
2. (Zoöl.) A genus of lizards found in Australia. M. horridus, the moloch lizard, in its external appearance is one of the most ferocious of reptiles, the horns on the head and numerous spines in the body giving it a most formidable appearance. Its name is given to it from part of a line in Milton: “Moloch, horrid king.” Gray.

Moloch Lizard (Moloch horridus).