Raptor
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Raptor may refer to:
Biology
- Raptor bird, a naturalist term for a bird of prey
- Informal name for species in the Velociraptor genus of dinosaurs, or members of the family Dromaeosauridae in general
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
- Toronto Raptors, the NBA basketball team
- Ogden Raptors, an American professional baseball team playing in the Pioneer League
- Raptor (Cedar Point), a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio
- Raptor (Gardaland), a roller coaster at the Gardaland amusement park in Italy
- Raptor convention, a contract bridge convention
- Raptor, an electric guitar produced by Peavey Guitars
- Scarlet Raptors, the team name for athletics at Rutgers University-Camden
Fiction
- Raptor (Battlestar Galactica), a military spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica universe
- Raptor (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the MC2 universe
- Raptor, a 2001 made-for-television horror film
- Raptor (Marvel Comics), alter-ego of Gary Wilton Jr. and a Marvel Comics superhero
- Raptor: Call of the Shadows, a computer game
- Raptor heavy fighter, a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe
- Raptors, a chapter of the Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000 universe
- Lord Raptor, a character from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games
- Raptor, a fictional nickname for a dinosaur resembling a Velociraptor in the Jurassic Park book and film series, or, more generally, for a dromeosaurid (not used scientifically)
- Raptor (G.I. Joe), a fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Raptor, one of the Unreal Tournament 2004 Vehicles (and 2007) as well as a vehicle in Unreal II eXpanded MultiPlayer
- Raptor (novel) written by Gary Jennings
- 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 Gria Job from Final Fantasy Tactics A2: Grimoire of the Rift