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Genus comprising the Australian desert-living lizard known as the thorny devil (6)

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I believe the answer is:

moloch

(Other definitions for moloch that I've seen before include "Spiny lizard" , "Malevolent god" , "Semitic god" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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