| NOUN | animal | spiny lizard, mountain devil, Moloch horridus | desert lizard that feeds on ants |
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| animal | spiny lizard | any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales |
| Meaning | desert lizard that feeds on ants. | |
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| Synonyms | mountain devil, Moloch horridus | |
| Member of | genus Moloch | genus of Australian desert lizard |
| Broader | moloch | Any lizard of the genus Moloch |
| Spanish | diablo espinoso, lagarto espinoso, Moloch horridus | |
| Meaning | Any of numerous lizards with overlapping ridged pointed scales; of North America and Central America. | |
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| Member of | Sceloporus, genus Sceloporus | spiny lizards |
| Narrower | fence lizard | spiny lizard often seen basking on fences in the United States and northern Mexico |
| sagebrush lizard, Sceloporus graciosus | A ground dweller that prefers open ground and scattered low bushes | |
| Broader | iguanid, iguanid lizard | lizards of the New World and Madagascar / Madagascar and some Pacific islands |
| Spanish | lagarto espinoso | |
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