Kodiak

Other forms: Kodiaks

Definitions of Kodiak

1. noun

   an island off southern Alaska in the Gulf of Alaska; site of the first European settlement in the area which was founded by the Russians in 1784
   synonyms: Kodiak Island

   example of:

   island

   a land mass (smaller than a continent) that is surrounded by water
2. noun

   brown bear of coastal Alaska and British Columbia
   synonyms: Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, Ursus middendorffi

   type of:

   Ursus arctos, brown bear, bruin

   large ferocious bear of Eurasia