(n) 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, Syn. Kodiak Island
n. A large brown bear (Ursus middendorffi syn. Ursus arctos middendorffi) of coastal Alaska and British Columbia related to the grizzly bear; called also Kodiak bear. Syn. -- Alaskan brown bear, Kodiak, Ursus middendorffi, Ursus arctos middendorffi. [ WordNet 1.5 ]