Raptor or RAPTOR may refer to:

Animals

The word "raptor" refers to several groups of bird-like

dinosaurs Dinosaurs are a diverse group of reptiles of the clade Dinosauria. They first appeared during the Triassic period, between 243 and 233.23 million years ago (mya), although the exact origin and timing of the evolution of dinosaurs is t ...

which primarily capture and subdue/kill prey with their talons. *

Raptor (bird) Birds of prey or predatory birds, also known as raptors, are hypercarnivorous bird species that actively hunt and feed on other vertebrates (mainly mammals, reptiles and other smaller birds). In addition to speed and strength, these predators ...

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 ''Battlestar Galactica'' is an American science fiction media franchise created by Glen A. Larson. The franchise began with the Battlestar Galactica (1978 TV series), original television series in 1978, and was followed by a short-run sequel se ...

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) Raa of the Caves Holden Radcliffe Radioactive Man Chen Lu Igor Stancheck Radius Irani Rael Irani Rael is a fictional alien in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Wellinton Alves and Geraldo Borges, fir ...

, a Marvel Comics character *

Raptor (Brenda Drago) Raa of the Caves Holden Radcliffe Radioactive Man Chen Lu Igor Stancheck Radius Irani Rael Irani Rael is a fictional alien in Marvel Comics. The character, created by Dan Abnett, Andy Lanning, Wellinton Alves and Geraldo Borges, fir ...

, a Marvel Comics character

Roller coasters

Raptor (Fantasilandia) Fantasilandia is a Chilean amusement park. The park opened in 1978 and is located in a corner of the O'Higgins Park in Santiago, Chile. On January 28, 1978 the park opened for first time with only 8 attractions, including the "Galaxy" coaster, " ...

, a roller coaster in Santiago, Chile *

Raptor (Gardaland) Raptor is a steel roller coaster at the Gardaland amusement park in Lake Garda, Italy. The ride is a prototype Wing Coaster design by Swiss roller coaster manufacturer Bolliger & Mabillard. Raptor opened to the public on April 1, 2011. The ri ...

, a roller coaster in Lake Garda, Italy *

Raptor (Cedar Point) Raptor is a steel inverted roller coaster designed by Bolliger & Mabillard at Cedar Point in Sandusky, Ohio, United States. When built in 1994, it broke many records and held many firsts when it opened. Instead of having a short layout designed ...

, a roller coaster in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S.

Other arts and entertainment

* Raptor (Thai duo), a music group *

Rex Raptor The ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' series features an extensive cast of characters created by Kazuki Takahashi. The series takes place in a fictional city in Japan called Domino City, in which most of the characters that appear in the series originate. Many plot ...

, a ''Yu-Gi-Oh!'' character

Computers and programming

Raptor (programming language) RAPTOR, the Rapid Algorithmic Prototyping Tool for Ordered Reasoning, is a graphical authoring tool created by Martin C. Carlisle, Terry Wilson, Jeff Humphries and Jason Moore. The software is hosted and maintained by former US Air Force Academy ...

, a graphical authoring tool * Raptor (robot), a South Korean bipedal robot *

RAPTOR (software) RAPTOR is protein threading software used for protein structure prediction. It has been replaced by RaptorX, which is much more accurate than RAPTOR. Comparison of techniques Protein threading vs. homology modeling Researchers attempting to s ...

, protein threading software * Western Digital Raptor, hard disk drives *

Raptor code In computer science, Raptor codes (''rapid tornado''; see Tornado codes) are the first known class of fountain codes with linear time encoding and decoding. They were invented by Amin Shokrollahi in 2000/2001 and were first published in 2004 as an ...

, 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 Helicopter Maritime Strike Squadron Seven One (HSM-71) is a United States Navy helicopter squadron based at Naval Air Station North Island, San Diego, California. Nicknamed the "Raptors", they are attached to Carrier Air Wing Nine (CVW-9) and dep ...

or the Raptors, a U.S. Navy helicopter squadron *

VMMT-204 Marine Medium Tiltrotor Training Squadron 204 (VMMT-204) is the MV-22 Osprey training squadron of the United States Marine Corps. Known as the "Raptors", the squadron was originally designated Marine Medium Helicopter Training Squadron 204 (HMT-204 ...

or the Raptors, a U.S. Marine Corps Osprey training squadron *

Raptor-class patrol boat The Raptor-class patrol boat, formally identified as Project 03160, is a series of Russian high-speed coastal patrol boats. Boats of the class belong to the 4th rank ships in the Russian Navy. This project was developed by the design bureau of JSC ...

, a series of Russian high-speed coastal patrol boats *

RAPTOR Raptor or RAPTOR may refer to: Animals The word "raptor" refers to several groups of bird-like 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 v ...

(Reconnaissance Airborne Pod Tornado), a British Royal Air Force reconnaissance pod

Sport

* Toronto Raptors, a Canadian basketball team in the NBA **

Raptors 905 The Raptors 905 are a Canadian professional basketball team in the NBA G League based in Mississauga, Ontario, and are affiliated with the Toronto Raptors. Raptors 905 began play in the 2015–16 season and play their home games at Paramount Fi ...

, a Canadian basketball team in the G-League; minor league affiliate of the Toronto Raptors *

Bangalore Raptors Bangalore Raptors was a tennis team representing the city of Bangalore in 2014 Champions Tennis League. The team is owned by Mittu Chandilya and the players representing this team were Thomas Enqvist, Feliciano López, Venus Williams, Ramkuma ...

, an Indian tennis team *

Bengaluru Raptors Bengaluru Raptors (previously Banga Beats, Bengaluru Topguns and Bengaluru Blasters) is a franchise badminton team representing Bengaluru in the Premier Badminton League (PBL). The team is one of the six founding members of PBL (previously IBL) ...

, an Indian badminton team *

Colorado Raptors The American Raptors is a professional rugby union team based in the municipality of Glendale in Colorado. The team plays in the transcontinental Super Rugby Americas competition . Established as the Glendale Raptors in 2006, the team was a found ...

, an American rugby union team *

Dunkin' Raptors Dunkin’ Raptors is a Thai professional basketball team located in Bangkok. The team competes in the Thailand Basketball League. Notable players :To appear in this section a player must have either: - Set a club record or won an individual award ...

, a Thai basketball team *

Everett Raptors The Everett Raptors were a professional indoor football team based in Everett, Washington. The Raptors were member of the Intense Conference of the Indoor Football League (IFL). They played their home games at the Comcast Arena at Everett in Ever ...

, an American indoor football team *

Iowa Raptors FC Iowa Raptors FC are a Association football, soccer club based in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States. They were established in 2019 as a men's team, and formed their women's team in 2021. Their men's team compete in the Midwes ...

, an American soccer team *

Lancashire Raptors The Lancashire Raptors were a British ice hockey team based in Blackburn, Lancashire. They were members of the English National Ice Hockey League, and have played in the North 2 division. Their home ice was the 3,200-seat Blackburn Arena. Hist ...

, a British ice hockey team *

Raptors Naucalpan Raptors de Naucalpan (English: ''Naucalpan Raptors'') are an American football team based in Naucalpan, Mexico. The Raptors compete in the Liga de Fútbol Americano Profesional, the top American football league in Mexico. The team plays its home g ...

, a Mexican American football team * Ogden Raptors, an American baseball team *

Rockford Raptors The Rockford Raptors were an American soccer team based in Rockford, Illinois. The team began in the USISL and moved to the USISL Pro League in 1995. In 1999, the team was relegated to the Premier Development League. The Raptors are now a so ...

, an American soccer team * Raptor, a downhill Birds of Prey ski course in Colorado, U.S.

Transportation

Air

Aviate Raptor The Aviate Raptor is a South African two-seat ultralight trike that was designed by Manfred Springer and produced by Aviate Products of Booysens. The aircraft was introduced in 1992 and supplied as a kit for amateur construction.Cliche, Andr ...

, a South African trike *

Independence Raptor The Independence Raptor is a German single-place, paraglider that was designed by Michaël Nesler and produced by Independence Paragliding of Eisenberg, Thuringia. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directo ...

, a German paraglider *

Raptor Aircraft Raptor The Raptor was a four to five-seat single-engined canard-wing homebuilt light aircraft, whose prototype was under development by Raptor Aircraft of Ball Ground, Georgia, United States. The Raptor's tricycle landing gear was fully retracta ...

, an American light aircraft kit *

Skif Raptor The Skif Raptor is a Ukrainian single-place paraglider that was designed by Sergei Rozhko and produced by Skif Paragliding of Feodosia. It is now out of production.Bertrand, Noel; Rene Coulon; et al: ''World Directory of Leisure Aviation 2003-0 ...

, a Ukrainian paraglider

Land

* Ford Raptor, a line of pickup trucks *

Yamaha Raptor 660 is a Japanese multinational manufacturer of motorcycles, marine products such as boats and outboard motors, and other motorized products. The company was established in 1955 upon separation from Yamaha Corporation (however, Yamaha Corporation ...

, an all-terrain vehicle *

Zagato Raptor The Zagato Raptor, sometimes referred to as the Lamborghini Raptor, is a concept car design created in 1996 by Zagato in partnership with Alain Wicki for Lamborghini. The body features the Zagato "double bubble" design and an innovative door design ...

, a concept car design * Raptor, motorcycles by

Cagiva Cagiva is an Italian motorcycle manufacturer. It was founded in 1950 by Giovanni Castiglioni in Varese, originally producing small metal components. Giovanni's sons, Claudio and Gianfranco Castiglioni, went into the motorcycle industry in 1978. ...

Sea

* Raptor, a car ferry class used by

Red Funnel Red Funnel, the trading name of the Southampton Isle of Wight and South of England Royal Mail Steam Packet Company Limited,SpaceX Raptor, a rocket engine

Other uses

* RPTOR, also known as raptor, a regulatory-associated protein * Raptor (G.I. Joe), an action figure *

Raptor convention The Raptor 1NT overcall over an opposing 1-level suit opening is a contract bridge convention that indicates a two-suited hand with exactly four cards in the unbid major and a longer suit in an unbid minor. The idea of utilising a 1NT overcall to ...

, a convention in contract bridge * Raptor, a series of Peavey guitars * Raptor Group, a private investing company founded by

James Pallotta James Joseph Pallotta (born March 13, 1958) is an American billionaire businessman. In 2009, he founded Raptor Group, a private investment company. Prior to forming Raptor, Pallotta was vice chairman at Tudor Investment Corporation. He was co-o ...