Kodiak bear
noun
Ko·di·ak bear
ˈkō-dē-ˌak- 
: a very large brown bear (Ursus arctos middendorffi) of Kodiak and adjacent islands off the southern coast of Alaska that feeds largely on salmon, plants, and berries
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The grizzly or brown bear lives in parts of Canada and the U.S., with coastal types called brown or Kodiak bears and inland ones called grizzlies.
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
As envisioned by director Adam McKay, the two most pressing dangers to male news anchors in the ’70s were Kodiak bears that can rip your arms off … and female news anchors.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Fall 2022 Virus reported in more than two dozen mammals, including a black bear and Kodiak bear in Alaska, and in grizzly bears in Montana and Nebraska, and in a mountain lion.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
Harbor seals and gray seals in Maine got sick, as did grizzly and Kodiak bears, polar bears and black bears in Alaska.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2024
Poke a koala or a Teddy bear, poke a grizzly or a Kodiak bear?
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2023
Businessman John Cox campaigned with a 1,000-pound Kodiak bear.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
Businessman John Cox, who lost to Newsom in the 2018 election, has been touring the state with a Kodiak bear.
—Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
The challenger has staged an unconventional campaign, employing a 1,000-pound Kodiak bear and an 8-foot-tall ball of trash to get his message out.
—NBC News, 18 Aug. 2021
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Maria Azzurra Volpe, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
As envisioned by director Adam McKay, the two most pressing dangers to male news anchors in the ’70s were Kodiak bears that can rip your arms off … and female news anchors.
—Gayle Sequeira, Vulture, 10 Oct. 2024
Fall 2022 Virus reported in more than two dozen mammals, including a black bear and Kodiak bear in Alaska, and in grizzly bears in Montana and Nebraska, and in a mountain lion.
—Dinah Voyles Pulver, USA TODAY, 15 June 2024
Harbor seals and gray seals in Maine got sick, as did grizzly and Kodiak bears, polar bears and black bears in Alaska.
—Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 25 Apr. 2024
Poke a koala or a Teddy bear, poke a grizzly or a Kodiak bear?
—Dom Amore, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2023
Businessman John Cox campaigned with a 1,000-pound Kodiak bear.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Oct. 2022
Businessman John Cox, who lost to Newsom in the 2018 election, has been touring the state with a Kodiak bear.
—Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 28 Aug. 2021
The challenger has staged an unconventional campaign, employing a 1,000-pound Kodiak bear and an 8-foot-tall ball of trash to get his message out.
—NBC News, 18 Aug. 2021
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“Kodiak bear.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Kodiak%20bear. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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