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Raptor may refer to:

Biology

The South African military

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

The U.S. 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

Technology

  • WD Raptor, a high-performance hard disk drive from Western Digital
  • RAPTOR (software) provides 3D protein structure prediction for drug discovery researchers
  • Raptor, an RDF parser and serializer from the Redland RDF Application Framework
  • Raptor code, a rateless erasure code with linear-time encoding and decoding
  • Raptor, the name of early versions of the Gecko Layout Engine
  • Raptor (rocket stage), a LOX/LH2 powered rocket upper stage being developed by SpaceX
  • Raptor Technologies, Inc., a Houston, Texas based Enron spin-off now enlisting the assistance of public school employees to collect and store parents' vital information, photographs, and signatures.

Vehicles

  • Cagiva Raptor, a motorbike
  • Roboraptor, a robotic dinosaur
  • RAPTOR reconnaissance pod carried by RAF Tornados
  • Raptor 660, an ATV 4-wheel motorcycle produced by Yamaha
  • Raptor, an R/C Helicopter manufactured by Thunder Tiger
  • 2010 F-150 SVT Raptor, a special, high-powered pickup truck designed by Ford Motor Company's Special Vehicles Team to compete in the Baja 1000 off-road race
  • Raptor Class, a design of car ferry used by Red Funnel to cross the Solent
  • travel trailer.manufactured by keystone commonly referred to as a "toy hauler" because it can accommodate up to a 14 foot vehicle in the back.

Sports and entertainment

Fiction

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