| slovo | definícia |
moloch
(encz) | Moloch, |
moloch
(czen) | moloch,juggernautn: Zdeněk Brož |
Moloch
(gcide) | 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 |
moloch
(wn) | 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 |
| | podobné slovo | definícia |
molochize
(encz) | Molochize, |
molochizes
(encz) | Molochizes, |
Callithrix Moloch
(gcide) | Orabassu \O`ra*bas"su\, n. (Zool.)
A South American monkey of the genus Callithrix, esp.
Callithrix Moloch.
[1913 Webster] Orach |
Moloch
(gcide) | 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 |
Moloch horridus
(gcide) | 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 |
genus moloch
(wn) | genus Moloch
n 1: genus of Australian desert lizard |
moloch horridus
(wn) | Moloch horridus
n 1: desert lizard that feeds on ants [syn: mountain devil,
spiny lizard, Moloch horridus] |
|