Raptor

Raptor can refer to:

In science

• Bird of prey, a type of bird often characterized by a hooked beak, sharp talons, and keen eyesight.
• An informal term to refer to certain dinosaurs, most notably the Dromaeosauridae, including the Velociraptor, Dromaeosaurus, Deinonychus and some other theropods such as the Oviraptoridae, like Oviraptor and Gigantoraptor
• some primitive birds, such as the Shenzhouraptor

In the South African military

• Raptor weapon, a series of South African Air Force precision guided glide weapons.

In the US military

• VMMT-204, the MV-22 Osprey training squadron of the United States Marine Corps known by the nickname "The Raptors"
• F-22 Raptor, a United States Air Force stealth fighter airplane

In technology

• RAPTOR (software) provides 3D protein structure prediciton for drug discovery researchers
• Raptor, an RDF parser and serializer from the Redland RDF Application Framework
• Raptor FEC Technology
• Raptor, the name of early versions of the Gecko Layout Engine

In vehicles

• Cagiva Raptor, a motorbike
• Roboraptor, a robotic dinosaur
• RAPTOR reconnaissance pod carried by RAF Tornados
• WD Raptor, a high-performance hard disk drive from Western Digital
• Raptor 660, an ATV 4-wheel motorcycle produced by Yamaha
• Raptor, an R/C Helicopter manufactured by Thunder Tiger

In sports and entertainment

• Toronto Raptors, the Canadian NBA basketball team
• Ogden Raptors, an American professional baseball team playing in the Pioneer League
• Randers Raptors, a Danish floorball team
• Raptor (roller coaster), a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio
• Raptor convention, a contract bridge convention
• Raptor, an electric guitar produced by Peavey Guitars

In fiction

• Raptor heavy fighter, a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe
• Raptor: Call of the Shadows, a computer game
• Raptor, a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
• Raptor (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the MC2 universe
• Raptor (Marvel Comics), alter-ego of Gary Wilton Jr. and a Marvel Comics superhero
• Raptor (Battlestar Galactica), a military spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica universe
• Raptor, one of the Unreal Tournament 2004 Vehicles (and 2007) as well as a vehicle in Unreal II eXpanded MultiPlayer
• Raptor, a novel written by Gary Jennings
• Lord Raptor, a character from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games
• Raptor, the most common type of enemy Orbital Frame in the Zone of the Enders video game series
• Raptor, a member of a group of genetically engineered commandos from Earth's future in the comic book story XTNCT
• Raptor, a 2001 made-for-television horror film
• Raptors, a chapter of the Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000 universe

See also

• Raptus (the Latin word for "seizure"), and the many related concepts in crime, medicine, and religion
• Raptio, the abduction of women for marriage or sexual slavery
• Velociraptor (commonly shortened to 'raptor'), a genus of dinosaur