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rapper
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rapporteur
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rapscallion
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rapture of the deep
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raptor
rap·tor [ ráptər ] (plural rap·tors)


noun 
Definition:
 
birds 
Same as  bird of prey
[14th century. < Latin, "robber" < rapere "seize"]
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