island off the SW coast of Alas., in the Gulf of Alaska: 5,363 sq mi (13,890 sq km)
Origin of Kodiak
from Russian from uncertain or unknown; perhaps native name meaning “island”Kodiak
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Noun
(plural Kodiaks)
- A Kodiak bear
Proper noun
- A town in Alaska: see Kodiak, Alaska
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Sentence Examples
- American naturalists regard the big brown bears of Alaska as a distinct group. They range from Sitka to the extremity of the Alaskan Peninsula, over Kodiak Island, and inland.
- Of the mainland, two groups - (1) Kodiak, whose largest island, of the same name, is 40 m.
- In passing from the Sitkan district westward toward Kodiak and the Aleutians the climate becomes even more equable, the temperature a little lower and the rainfall somewhat less; 1 the fogs at first less dense, especially near Cook Inlet, where the climate is extremely local, but more and more persistent along the Aleutians.
- Along 1 At Kodiak, the monthly means range from 28° to 55° with a total range from -10° to 82° F., as against -3° to 87° F.
- There are black, grizzly and polar bears, and also two exclusively Alaskan species, the Kodiak and the glacier bear.
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