a group of islands in the Bering Sea, off SW Alaska, belonging to the US: the breeding ground of the northern fur seal. Area: about 168 sq km (65 sq miles)
Also called: Fur Seal Islands
Pribilof Islands in American English
(ˈprɪbəˌlɑf)
group of four Alaskan islands in the Bering Sea, north of the Aleutian Islands: noted as a breeding place of seals