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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience or sacrifice;
- Example: "the great Moloch of war"
- Example: "duty has become the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas

2. god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents sacrificed their children;
[syn: Moloch, Molech]

3. any lizard of the genus Moloch; 



The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Moloch \Mo"loch\, prop. n. [Heb. molek king.]
   1. (Script.) The fire god of the Ammonites in Canaan, to whom
      human sacrifices were offered; Molech. Also applied
      figuratively.
      [1913 Webster]

   2. (Zool.) A spiny Australian lizard (Moloch horridus). The
      horns on the head and numerous spines on the body give it
      a most formidable appearance.
      [1913 Webster] Molokane


WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

Moloch
    n 1: a tyrannical power to be propitiated by human subservience
         or sacrifice; "the great Moloch of war"; "duty has become
         the Moloch of modern life"- Norman Douglas
    2: god of the Canaanites and Phoenicians to whom parents
       sacrificed their children [syn: Moloch, Molech]
    3: any lizard of the genus Moloch