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# kodiak

«kodiak» in Mova's school dictionary: **a large island off the south coast of Alaska, USA** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

### part of speech

noun (Kodiak; a Kodiak bear, Kodiak bears)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Kodiak is a large island off the south coast of Alaska, USA. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#m1)

2) A Kodiak bear is a very large kind of brown bear that lives on Kodiak and nearby islands. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

Met in science and nature lessons about bears and the biggest land meat-eaters, and in geography about Alaska. Phrases: Kodiak bear, Kodiak Island.

### examples

- The Kodiak bear is one of the largest bears in the world. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#x1)
- Kodiak Island is in Alaska. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#x2)
- A Kodiak bear can stand taller than a door on its back legs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#x3)
- Kodiak bears catch salmon in the rivers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#x4)
- We watched a film about the bears of Kodiak. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#x5)
- Kodiak bears eat berries, grass and fish. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#x6)
- The town of Kodiak has a big fishing harbour. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/#x7)

### note

Capital K for the island and usually for the bear too. Plural: Kodiak bears (or Kodiaks). Trap: «Kodiak» is not the same as «Kodak», the camera company. A Kodiak bear and a polar bear are both huge, but they are different species.

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «kodiak» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/K/kodiak/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.