Spec"ter, 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. 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 Skeleton.
© Webster 1913.
Spec"tre (?), n.
See Specter.
© Webster 1913.