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Webster 1913 Edition


Mooruk


Moo′ruk

,
Noun.
[Native name.]
(Zool.)
A species of cassowary (
Casuarius Bennetti
) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility in running and leaping. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary. Its crest is bilobed; the neck and breast are black; the back, rufous mixed with black; and the naked skin of the neck, blue.

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mooruk

mooruk

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Noun

mooruk (plural mooruks)

  1. The dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) found in New Britain, and noted for its agility. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary.