About The Word Specter
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Specter
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What's The Definition Of Specter?
[n] a mental representation of some haunting experience; "he looked like he had seen a ghost"; "it aroused specters from his past"
[n] a ghostly appearing figure; "we were unprepared for the apparition that confronted us" Synonyms | Synonyms for Specter: apparition | ghost | phantom | shade | spectre | spectre | spook | wraith Related Terms | Find terms related to Specter: See Also | apparition | disembodied spirit | Flying Dutchman | phantom | shadow | spirit Specter In Webster's Dictionary \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.
The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With
bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --Dryden.
2. (Zo["o]l.)
(a) The tarsius.
(b) A stick insect.
{Specter bat} (Zo["o]l.), any phyllostome bat.
{Specter candle} (Zo["o]l.), a belemnite.
{Specter shrimp} (Zo["o]l.), a skeleton shrimp. See under
{Skeleton}.
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