Raptor

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Raptor(s) or RAPTOR may refer to:

Animals

The word "raptor" refers to several groups of avian and non-avian dinosaurs which primarily capture and subdue/kill prey with their talons.

  • Raptor (bird) or bird of prey, a bird that primarily hunts and feeds on vertebrates
  • Raptor- or -raptor, a taxonomic affix used in to describe dromeosaurs or similar animals
  • Dromaeosauridae, a family of dinosaurs including Velociraptor, informally known as raptors

Arts and entertainment

Film and television

  • Raptor (film), a 2001 film
  • Raptor, a fictional spacecraft in Battlestar Galactica

Gaming

  • Raptor: Call of the Shadows, a 1994 video game
  • Raptor heavy fighter, a fictional craft in the Wing Commander game
  • Lord Raptor, a Darkstalkers character

In print

  • Raptor (novel), a 1993 novel by Gary Jennings
  • Raptor (Gary Wilton, Jr.), a Marvel Comics character
  • Raptor (Damon Ryder), a Marvel Comics character
  • Raptor (Brenda Drago), a Marvel Comics character

Roller coasters

  • Raptor (Fantasilandia), a roller coaster in Santiago, Chile
  • Raptor (Gardaland), a roller coaster in Lake Garda, Italy
  • Raptor (Cedar Point), a roller coaster in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.

Other arts and entertainment

  • Raptor (Thai duo), a music group
  • Rex Raptor, a Yu-Gi-Oh! character

Computers and programming

  • Raptor (programming language), a graphical authoring tool
  • Raptor (robot), a South Korean bipedal robot
  • RAPTOR (software), protein threading software
  • Western Digital Raptor, hard disk drives
  • Raptor code, error correction code
  • Gecko (software) or Raptor
  • Raptor RDF, from the Redland RDF Application Framework
  • Raptor Computing Systems/Raptor Engineering, a company which sells computers with POWER9 processors

Military

  • Lockheed Martin F-22 Raptor, a United States Air Force stealth fighter aircraft
  • HSM-71 or the Raptors, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron
  • VMMT-204 or the Raptors, a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey training squadron
  • Raptor-class patrol boat, a series of Russian high-speed coastal patrol boats
  • RAPTOR (Reconnaissance Airborne Pod Tornado), a British Royal Air Force reconnaissance pod

Sporting teams

United States

  • American Raptors, a rugby union team based in Glendale, Colorado
  • Everett Raptors, an American indoor football team
  • Iowa Raptors FC, an American soccer team
  • Ogden Raptors, an American baseball team
  • Ridgefield Raptors, an American baseball team
  • Rockford Raptors, an American soccer team
  • Rock River Raptors, an American indoor football team

Elsewhere

Transportation

Air

Land

Sea

Space

Other uses

  • Raptor, a series of Peavey guitars
  • Raptor, a downhill Birds of Prey ski course in Colorado, U.S.
  • Raptor (G.I. Joe), an action figure
  • Raptor convention, a convention in contract bridge
  • Raptor Group, a private investing company founded by James Pallotta
  • RPTOR, also known as raptor, a regulatory-associated protein
  • Strike Force Raptor, a group within New South Wales Police Force targeting organised crime groups

See also

  • Rapture (disambiguation)
  • RPTOR, a human gene
  • All pages with titles beginning with Raptor
  • All pages with titles containing Raptor
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