Raptor
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Raptor can refer to:
In science:
- Bird of prey (With a hooked beak, sharp talons, and a keen eyesight)
- Dromaeosauridae or Velociraptor, dinosaurs
- In astronomy, the Rapid Telescope for Optical Response is an instrument to detect celestial optical transients automatically and autonomously follow-up on them before they fade away.
In the military:
- The Raptors is the name for Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 (VMMT-204), the MV-22 Osprey training squadron of the United States Marine Corps.
- F-22 Raptor is an American stealth fighter airplane of the USAF.
In technology:
- Roboraptor, a robotic dinosaur
- F-22 Raptor fighter jet
- RAPTOR reconnaissance pod carried by RAF Tornados
- WD Raptor, a high-performance hard disk drive from Western Digital
- Raptor reliability analysis software produced by ARINC Engineering Services, LLC
- An ATV 4 wheel motorcycle produced by Yamaha
- An R/C Helicopter manufactured by Thunder Tiger
- Name of the early versions of the Gecko Layout Engine
In sports and entertainment:
- Toronto Raptors, a Canadian NBA basketball team
- Ogden Raptors, American professional baseball team playing in the Pioneer League.
- Randers Raptors, a Danish floorball team.
- Raptor (roller coaster), at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio
- Raptor convention, a contract bridge convention
In fiction:
- Raptor heavy fighter, a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe
- Raptor: Call of the Shadows, a computer game
- Chaos raptors, the jump pack unit of the Chaos Space Marines of warhammer 40,000.
- A fictional character from G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero
- Raptor (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the MC2 universe
- Raptor (film), a horror film from the year 2001, a sequel to the Carnosaur movies
- Raptor (Battlestar Galactica), a military spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica universe
- The 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.
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