Kalmar "Genus Moloch" ba ta da ma'anar ƙamus a matsayin jimla ɗaya kaɗai. Duk da haka, "Moloch" kalma ce da ake amfani da ita a cikin ilmin halitta don komawa ga jinsin kadangaru na hamada da aka samu a Ostiraliya. Moloch lizard, wanda kuma aka sani da Thorny Iblis, sananne ne don bayyanarsa na musamman da kuma halin kariya. Sunan kimiyya shine Moloch horridus, tare da "Moloch" shine sunan jinsin kuma "horridus" shine sunan jinsin.