Home › Words › M › moorukmoorukmooruk means the dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) found in New Britain, New Guinea, and Yapen Island. It is noted for its agility. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary.EtymologyFrom Tolai murup.nounThe dwarf cassowary (Casuarius bennetti) found in New Britain, New Guinea, and Yapen Island. It is noted for its agility. It is smaller and has stouter legs than the common cassowary.Definitions & examples from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0).Words closest in meaningBy meaning, not spelling — each word's AI semantic fingerprint, nearest first.cassowary 67% match — Any of the large, flightless, cursorial birds of the genus Casuarius, family Casuariidae, native to Australia and New Guinea, having a characteristic bony casque on the head. vs mooruk →casuariid 56% match — Any bird in the family Casuariidae, the cassowaries and emus. vs mooruk →goura 53% match — Any of several crested ground-dwelling pigeons, of the genus Goura, from New Guinea vs mooruk →cabassou 51% match — The southern naked-tailed armadillo, a type of large armadillo native to South America, with five toes and enormous claws (Cabassous unicinctus). vs mooruk →paauw 50% match — A kind of bustard. vs mooruk →cassican 50% match — An American bird (Psarocolius decumanus, syn. Cassicus cristatus), allied to the starlings and orioles, remarkable for its skillfully constructed and suspended nest. vs mooruk →cuscus 50% match — Any arboreal marsupial of most genera of the family Phalangeridae, native to northern Australia, New Guinea, and Indonesia. vs mooruk →pauxi 50% match — A curassow. vs mooruk →