specter shrimp

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specter shrimp - 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.
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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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