Mooruk

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Mooruk \Moo"ruk\, n. [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.
     [1913 Webster]