Spectre

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spectre \Spec"tre\, n.
     See {Specter}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:



  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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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  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}]