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Specter shrimp

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.

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

  2. (Zo["o]l.)

    1. The tarsius.

    2. 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.