Raptor
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Raptor or RAPTOR may refer to:
Animals
- Raptors, birds that hunt and feed on other animals
 -  Velociraptor, a genus of dinosaurs
- Dromaeosauridae, the family that includes Velociraptor
 
 - -raptor or raptor-, suffixes used in taxonomy to describe dromeosaurs or similar animals.
 
Military
- Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, a United States Air Force stealth fighter aircraft
 - HSM-71, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron, known by the nickname "The Raptors"
 - VMMT-204, United States Marine Corps Osprey training squadron, known by the nickname "The Raptors"
 - RAPTOR, a reconnaissance pod carried by the RAF Tornado aircraft
 
Entertainment
- Raptor (Cedar Point), an inverted roller coaster at Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio, United States
 - Raptor (Fantasilandia), a roller coaster in Fantasilandia, Chile
 - Raptor (Gardaland), a wing roller coaster at Gardaland amusement park in Italy
 - Raptor: Call of the Shadows, a 1994 vertical scrolling shoot-'em-up video game
 - Raptor convention, a contract bridge convention
 - Raptor (band), a Thai pop duo consisting of two boys, Joni Anwar (also known as Joni Raptor) and Louis Scott
 - A series of electric guitar produced by Peavey Guitars
 
Fiction
- Raptor (Battlestar Galactica), a military spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica universe
 - Raptor (film), a 2001 made-for-television horror film
 - Raptor (G.I. Joe), a Cobra character in the G.I. Joe universe
 - Raptor (Marvel Comics), the name of three fictional characters in the Marvel Comics universe
 - Raptor (novel), written by Gary Jennings
 - Raptor heavy fighter, a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe
 - Lord Raptor, a character from the Darkstalkers series of fighting games
 - A chapter of the Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000 universe
 - One of the Unreal Tournament 2004 Vehicles (and 2007) as well as a vehicle in Unreal II eXpanded MultiPlayer
 - A character in the XTNCT comic strip
 
Computers and programming
- RAPTOR (software), which provides 3D protein structure prediction for drug discovery researchers
 - Raptor (programming language), visual programming language for developing executable flowcharts
 - WD Raptor, a high-performance hard disk drive from Western Digital
 - Raptor RDF, parser and serializer from the Redland RDF Application Framework
 - Gecko (layout engine), open source layout engine originally released as Raptor
 - Raptor code, a certain type of rateless error correcting code
 
Vehicles and engines
- Raptor (rocket engine), rocket engine being developed by SpaceX for super-heavy lift MCT launch vehicle, for flight after 2020
 - Raptor prototype upper-stage engine, rocket engine prototype for medium-lift Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy-class vehicle, with testing in 2018
 - Raptor 125, a motorbike built by Cagiva
 - Raptor 1000, a motorbike built by Cagiva
 - Raptor 660, an ATV 4-wheel motorcycle produced by Yamaha
 - Ford F-150 SVT Raptor, a pickup truck designed to compete in the Baja 1000 off-road race
 - Raptor-class, a design of car ferry used by Red Funnel to cross the Solent
 - Raptor aircraft, an advanced high-speed 5-seat single-engined canard-wing kitbuilt light aircraft
 
Sports
- Toronto Raptors, a Canadian-based NBA basketball team
 - Raptors 905, a NBA Development League team for the Toronto Raptors in Mississauga, Ontario
 - Ogden Raptors, an American professional baseball team in the Pioneer League
 - A downhill ski course adjacent to Birds of Prey (ski course) in Beaver Creek, Colorado, US
 
See also
- RPTOR (gene), human gene for the KIAA1303 adapter protein
 - Rapture (disambiguation)
 - Rapt (disambiguation)
 - All pages beginning with "Raptor"
 
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