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Webster 1913 Edition
Mooruk
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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.