||Moo"ruk (?), n. [Native name.]
(Zoöl.) 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.