Specter

Specter , noun

[French spectre, from Latin spectrum an appearance, image, specter, from specere to look. See Spy, and compare Spectrum.]

Something preternaturally visible; an apparition; a ghost; a phantom.

The ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend, With bold fanatic specters to rejoice. — Dryden

(a) (Zoology) The tarsius.

(b)

(Zoology) A stick insect.

Collocations (3)

Specter bat (Zoology) , any phyllostome bat.

Specter candle (Zoology) , a belemnite.

Specter shrimp (Zoology) , a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.

Also: Spectre