Raptor

Raptor can refer to:

In science:
* Bird of prey, a type of bird often characterized by a hooked beak, sharp talons, and keen eyesight.
* An informal term to refer to certain dinosaurs, most notably the Dromaeosauridae, including the "Velociraptor", "Dromaeosaurus", "Deinonychus" and some other theropods such as the Oviraptoridae, like "Oviraptor" and "Gigantoraptor"
* some primitive birds, such as the "Shenzhouraptor"In the South African military:
* Raptor weapon, a series of South African Air Force precision guided glide weapons.In the US 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

In technology:
* Cagiva Raptor, a motorbike
* Raptor FEC Technology
* Roboraptor, a robotic dinosaur
* RAPTOR reconnaissance pod carried by RAF Tornados
* WD Raptor, a high-performance hard disk drive from Western Digital
* Raptor 660, an ATV 4-wheel motorcycle produced by Yamaha
* Raptor, an R/C Helicopter manufactured by Thunder Tiger
* Raptor, the name of early versions of the Gecko Layout Engine
* Raptor, an RDF parser and serializer from the Redland RDF Application Framework

In sports and entertainment:
* Toronto Raptors, the Canadian NBA basketball team
* Ogden Raptors, an American professional baseball team playing in the Pioneer League
* Randers Raptors, a Danish floorball team
* Raptor (roller coaster), a roller coaster at the Cedar Point amusement park in Sandusky, Ohio
* Raptor convention, a contract bridge convention
* Raptor, an electric guitar produced by Peavey Guitars

In fiction:
* Raptor heavy fighter, a starfighter in the Wing Commander universe
* "", a computer game
* Raptor, a fictional character from
* Raptor (comics), a Marvel Comics superhero from the MC2 universe
* Raptor (Marvel Comics)
* Raptor (Battlestar Galactica), a military spacecraft in the Battlestar Galactica universe
* 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
* Raptor, a member of a group of genetically engineered commandos from Earth's future in the comic book story XTNCT
* "Raptor", a 2001 made-for-television horror film
* Raptors, a chapter of the Space Marines in Warhammer 40,000 universe

ee 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