Walrus (disambiguation)

A walrus is a large, flippered marine mammal.

"Walrus" may also refer to:

Individuals

• Barry White, who was popularly known as "The Walrus of Love"
• Craig Stadler, professional PGA Tour golfer, popularly known as "the Walrus"
• Jamie Hyneman, special effects artist and co-host of the television show Mythbusters who is nicknamed "walrus"
• Paul Heyman, professional wrestling manager and promoter, humorously referred to as "the Walrus" because of his size and appearance.
• Ken Hitchcock, NHL coach, affectionately referred to as "the Walrus"

Music

• "Walrus", a song by the industrial metal band Ministry, from their 2004 album Houses of the Molé
• "Walrus", a song by the punk rock band Unwritten Law, from their 2005 album Here's to the Mourning
• Walrus, a Japanese shoegaze band

Transport

Aviation

• Supermarine Walrus, a British amphibious aircraft of World War II
• Westland Walrus, a British reconnaissance aircraft of the 1920s
• Walrus HULA, a heavy-lift hybrid airship studied by the American Defense Advanced Research Projects Administration (DARPA)

Maritime

• HNLMS Walrus, two submarines of the Royal Netherlands Navy
• HMS Walrus, the name of two ships and one submarine of the Royal Navy
• SS Walrus, a 19th-century vessel that operated in Australia as a floating, illegal moonshine still before being replaced by the legal Beenleigh Rum Distillery
• USS Walrus, three submarines of the United States Navy
• Walrus-class submarine, a type of submarine currently operated by the Royal Netherlands Navy

Rail

• Walrus (locomotive), a narrow–gauge, diesel locomotive on the Groudle Glen Railway

Other

• Walrus, an ITSO smartcard issued by Merseytravel in the UK

Places

• Walrus Island, Pribilof Islands, a small island located east of Saint Paul Island in Alaska, United States
• Walrus Island (Bathurst Inlet, Nunavut), an island in Nunavut, Canada
• Walrus Islands, a group of craggy coastal islands in the Bering Sea, close to the northern shores of Bristol Bay, Alaska at the entrance to Togiak Bay

Other uses

• Wally Walrus, a fictional, animated character who was the primary adversary of Woody Woodpecker between 1944 and 1953
• The Walrus, a Canadian general interest magazine
• Walrus (comics), a minor Marvel Comics supervillain of Spider-Man
• Walrus, a storage service included with Eucalyptus that is interface compatible with Amazon's S3
• The walrus moustache, a style of moustache that resembles the whiskers of the walrus

See also

• Léon Walras, a French economist
• "I Am the Walrus", a 1967 song by The Beatles
• "The Walrus and the Carpenter", a poem by Lewis Carroll that appeared in his book Through the Looking-Glass