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- Computing and technology
- Enterprises and organizations
- Other uses
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{{wiktionary|octopus}}An octopus is a sea animal with eight limbs. Octopus may also refer to: {{TOC right}}Film and television- Octopus (2000 film), an American film produced by Nu Image
- Is Your Daughter Safe? or The Octopus, a 1927 film
- La piovra or The Octopus, a 1984–2001 Italian television series
- The Octopus, a fictional pair of Siamese twins in The City of Lost Children
Games- OCTOPUS (fictional organisation), a fictional organisation in the From Russia with Love
- Name This Game or Octopus, an Atari 2600 video game
- Octopus, a 1981 Game & Watch game
- Octopus, a variant of British bulldogs, a playground game
- In chess, an octopus is a knight strongly placed in enemy territory.
Literature- A Story of California, a 1901 novel by Frank Norris
- The Octopus (comics), a character in The Spirit
- The Octopus, a 1940 book by Elizabeth Dilling
- "The Octopus", a fictional article in Atlas Shrugged
MusicArtists- Octopus (Belgian band) (1973-1980)
- Octopus (English band), a 1969-1971 band featuring Paul Griggs and Nigel Griggs
- Octopus (Scottish band), a 1993-1997 Britpop band from Shotts, Lanarkshire
- The Octopus Project, a band from Texas
- Oktopus or Alap Momin, American musician, DJ, recording engineer
Albums- Octopus (Gentle Giant album) (1972)
- Octopus (The Human League album) (1995)
- Octopus (The Bees album) (2007)
- The Octopus (album), a 2011 album by Amplifier
- Í Hakanum/Octopus or Octopus, a 1980 album by Mezzoforte
- The Best of Syd Barrett (1992)
- Octopuss, a 1983 album by Cozy Powell
- Octopus (Kris Davis and Craig Taborn album) (2018)
Songs- "Octopus" (Syd Barrett song) (1969)
- "Octopus" (Bloc Party song) (2012)
- "Octopus", a 1961 song by Billie Jean Horton
- "Octopus", an instrumental by Mezzoforte from Í Hakanum/Octopus
- "Octopus", a 1979 song by The Freshies
- "Octopus", a 1999 track by Mertzbow from Tentacle (album)
Computing and technology- OCTOPUS (network), an early computer network at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
- Octopus (software), for quantum-mechanical calculations of molecules and solids
Enterprises and organizations- Octopus card, a Hong Kong stored value smart card launched in 1997
- Octopus Cards Limited, the operator of Octopus card
- Octopus Holdings Limited, holding company jointly owned by five major transport companies in Hong Kong
- Octopus Media Technology, a digital media company
- Octopus Publishing Group, a British subsidiary of Lagardère Publishing specialising in illustrated books
- Organisation for Counter Terrorist Operations (OCTOPUS), a counter terrorism paramilitary unit in Andhra Pradesh & Telangana, India
Other uses- Octopus (genus), a large genus of octopuses
- Octopus (ride), an amusement ride
- Octopus (yacht), a yacht owned by Paul Allen
- Octopus, a spare scuba-diving regulator apparatus
- The Octopus, the term used by Danny Casolaro for the Inslaw case
See also- Al the Octopus, mascot of the Detroit Red Wings
- Doctor Octopus, a character created in 1963 for Spider-Man comics
- Octopodidae, a family containing the majority of known octopus species
- Octopodoidea, a superfamily of all known octopods except for the argonautoids and vampyromorphs
- Octopus as food
- Octopussy (disambiguation)
- Legend of the Octopus, a Detroit team tradition
- Paul the Octopus, octopus with a history of correctly predicting the results of major German international football matches
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