Usually means: Ghosts or spirits of deceased.
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  1. specters: Merriam-Webster
  2. specters: Collins English Dictionary
  3. specters: Vocabulary.com
  4. Specter's, Specters, Specters, specters: Wordnik
  5. specters: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. specters: Wiktionary
  7. specters: Dictionary.com
  8. specters: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. Specters: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. Specters: Encyclopedia

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  1. Specters: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (specter)

noun:  A ghostly apparition, a phantom. [from 17th c.]
noun:  (figuratively) A threatening mental image; an unpleasant prospect [from 18th c.]
noun:  (entomology) Any of certain species of dragonfly of the genus Boyeria, family Aeshnidae. [from 20th c.]
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