muruk
/ˈmʊərʊk/ /ˈmuːrʊk/(also moruk)
noun
A cassowary; specifically the dwarf cassowary, Casuarius bennetti, native to the highlands of New Guinea and New Britain.
Origin
Mid 19th century. From a language of New Britain or Duke of York Island, probably originally imitative.
- polyacrylic acid
- polyacrylonitrile
- polyactinal
- polyad
- polyaddition
- Polyadelphia
- polyadelphous
- polyadenopathy
- polyadenous
- polyadenylate
- polyadenylation
- polyadenylic
- polyadic
- polyadicity
- polyaemia
- polyaesthesia
- polyalcohol
- polyallomer
- polyallomorphic
- polyalphabetic
- polyamidation
- polyamide
- polyamine
- polyamorist
- polyamorous