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Webster 1913 Edition

Spectre

{

Spec′ter

,

Spec′tre

}

,

Noun.

[F.

spectre

, fr. L.

spectrum

an appearance, image, specter, fr.

specere

to look. See

, and cf.

.]

1.

Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend,
With bold fanatic

specters

to rejoice.

Dryden.

2.

(Zool.)

(a)

The tarsius.

(b)

A stick insect.

Specter bat

(Zool.)

,

any phyllostome bat.

–

Specter candle

(Zool.)

,

a belemnite.

–

Specter shrimp

(Zool.)

,

a skeleton shrimp. See under

.

Spec′tre

,

Noun.

See

.