{ Spec"ter, 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. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect.

Specter bat(Zoöl.), any phyllostome bat. -- Specter candle(Zoöl.), a belemnite. -- Specter shrimp(Zoöl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.

Spec"tre (?), n. See Specter.

{ Brock"en spec"ter or spec"tre (?) }. [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains.

{ Spec"ter, 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. (Zoöl.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect.

Specter bat(Zoöl.), any phyllostome bat. -- Specter candle(Zoöl.), a belemnite. -- Specter shrimp(Zoöl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.

Spec"tre (?), n. See Specter.

{ Brock"en spec"ter or spec"tre (?) }. [Trans. of G. Brockengespenst.] A mountain specter (which see), esp. that observed on the Brocken, in the Harz Mountains.