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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Spec·ter, Spec·tre  n.
 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.
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