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

spectre \spec"tre\, n.
   see specter.
   1913 webster
see also:
specter 

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

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.
      1913 webster

            the ghosts of traitors from the bridge descend,
            with bold fanatic specters to rejoice. --dryden.
      1913 webster

   2. zool.
      a the tarsius.
      b a stick insect.
          1913 webster

   specter bat zool., any phyllostome bat.

   specter candle zool., a belemnite.

   specter shrimp zool., a skeleton shrimp. see under
      skeleton.
      1913 webster
see also:
spy spectrum specter bat specter candle specter shrimp skeleton 

[3] : WordNet (r) 2.0

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
see also:
apparition phantom phantasm phantasma specter ghost 
shade spook wraith 

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