Spectre \Spec"tre\, n.
See Specter.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
Specter \Spec"ter\, Spectre \Spec"tre\, n. [F. spectre, fr. L.
spectrum an appearance, image, specter, fr. specere to look.
See Spy, and cf. Spectrum.]
1. Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost;
a phantom.
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The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend,
With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden.
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2. (Zool.)
(a) The tarsius.
(b) A stick insect.
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Specter bat (Zool.), any phyllostome bat.
Specter candle (Zool.), a belemnite.
Specter shrimp (Zool.), a skeleton shrimp. See under
Skeleton.
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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48
spectre
n 1: a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the
apparition that confronted us" [syn: apparition, phantom,
phantasm, phantasma, specter]
2: a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he
looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters
from his past" [syn: ghost, shade, spook, wraith,
specter]
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