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Kodiak|ˈkɒdjæk|
Also Kadiak |ˈkædjæk|.
The name of an island off Alaska, used attrib. to designate the large brown bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi, found there, as well as in Alaska itself and on other islands off the coast. Also absol.
1899R. Ward Rec. Big Game (ed. 3) 474 Even more gigantic is the Kadiak bear..of Kadiak Island, Alaska. 1904C. R. E. Radclyffe Big Game Shooting in Alaska 268 The Kodiak brown bear (Ursus middendorffi). 1930Sat. Even. Post 13 Dec. 11/2 A Kodiak bear looks as big as an elephant as he ambles..through vegetation that comes only to his stomach. 1955Arctic Terms 47/1 Kodiak bear. The world's largest carnivore, Ursus middendorfi, occasionally weighs 1,500 pounds, yellowish to dark brown in color, ranging from the Alaska Peninsula south-east on coasts and adjacent islands to British Columbia. Also called the ‘big brown bear’, ‘brownie’, ‘Alaskan brown bear’, ‘Kadiak bear’. 1966R. Perry World of Polar Bear ix. 111 In both size and weight polar bears approximate to the giant Alaskan and Kodiak bears. 1974‘R. B. Dominic’ Epitaph for Lobbyist xx. 173 He was going to walk..into the Zoo... Kodiaks and Himalayas, the tourist booklet said. |