Raptor

Raptor

Raptor F-22 the world's first stealth air-to-air multimission fighter, virtually undetectable by radar, deadly at a distance, superb at close dogfighting, and capable of precision-strike ground attack. It will carry existing air-to-air weapons, including AIM advanced medium-range air-to-air missiles and AIM-9 Sidewinder short-range missiles, and others that are being developed. It is scheduled to be operational late in 2005.

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raptor a dromaeosaurid dinosaur, especially velociraptor or utahraptor. The word raptor (from Latin, meaning ‘bird of prey’) is recorded in English from the 19th century, but in this sense comes directly from a shortened form of velociraptor, used originally by palaeontologists and popularized by Michael Crichton' thriller Jurassic Park and the Spielberg film (1993) based on it.

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ELIZABETH KNOWLES. "raptor." The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 2006. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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rap·tor / ˈraptər/ • n. a bird of prey, e.g., an eagle, hawk, falcon, or owl. ∎ inf. a dromaeosaurid dinosaur, esp. velociraptor or utahraptor.

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raptor From the Latin rapere, meaning ‘to ravish’, a bird of prey of the order Falconidae (formerly known as Raptores).

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "raptor." A Dictionary of Ecology. 2004. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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raptor From the Latin rapere, ‘to ravish’, a bird of prey of the order Falconidae (formerly known as Raptores).

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MICHAEL ALLABY. "raptor." A Dictionary of Zoology. 1999. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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raptorattar, batter, bespatter, chatter, clatter, flatter, hatter, Kenyatta, latter, matamata, matter, natter, patter, platter, ratter, regatta, satyr, scatter, shatter, smatter, spatter, splatter, yatter •abstractor, actor, attractor, compactor, contractor, enactor, exactor, extractor, factor, infractor, protractor, redactor, refractor, tractor, transactor •Atlanta, banter, canter, infanta, levanter, manta, ranter, Santa, tam-o'-shanter •adaptor, captor, chapter, raptor •Antofagasta, aster, Astor, canasta, Jocasta, oleaster, pasta, piastre (US piaster), pilaster, poetaster, Rasta, Zoroasterdragster, gagster •Baxter • prankster • hamster •gangsta, gangster •malefactor • benefactor •pitter-patter • subcontractor •chiropractor

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"raptor." Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes. 2007. Encyclopedia.com. 13 Feb. 2012 <http://www.encyclopedia.com>.

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