Category:Specter

Spec"ter, spec"tre, n. Etym: [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. The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, with bold fanatic Specters to rejoice. Dryden.

2. (zoöl.) (a) the tarsius. (b) a stick insect. Specter bat (zoöl.), any phyllostome bat. -- specter candle (zoöl.), a belemnite. -- specter shrimp (zoöl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under skeleton.