Octopus (disambiguation)

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Octopus may refer to:

[edit] In biology

• An octopus, any cephalopod in the order Octopoda.
• Octopus, a genus of octopuses.

[edit] In nonfiction

• The Octopus, 1940 exposé by Elizabeth Dilling.

[edit] In fiction

• OCTOPUS, criminal organization in video game From Russia with Love
• The Octopus: A California Story, 1901 novel by Frank Norris based on conflict between farmers and railroad barons
• The Octopus, Italian mafia TV series originally entitled La Piovra
• Doctor Octopus, a classic Spider-Man supervillain
• Octopussy:
  • Octopussy, 1983 James Bond film, title character played by Maud Adams
  • Octopussy and The Living Daylights, short story collection
  • "Octopussy", 1966 short story in Octopussy and The Living Daylights
  • Octopussy, edition of collection Octopussy and The Living Daylights
• Decoy Octopus, character in Metal Gear Solid.
• Octillery, octopus-like Pokémon character
• Tako the Octopus, character in 8Legged Entertainment#Chef Tako

[edit] In music

• Octopus, a Gentle Giant album.
• Octopus, a 1995 album by The Human League.
• Octopus, is a Syd Barrett song, and his only solo single
• The Octopus Project, a indietronica band from Texas.

[edit] Miscellaneous

• Octopus is the name of Paul Allen's superyacht.
• In scuba diving, "octopus" means a spare second-stage demand valve and mouthpiece fed by its own pressure hose from the cylinder: see Diving regulator.
• The Octopus smartcard used in Hong Kong.
• Octopus Cards Ltd., the company operating the Octopas smartcard.
• The octopus project is a software package for (time-dependent) density-functional theory (DFT)