spectral lemur

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Webster's Dictionary (GCIDE)

Spectral \Spec"tral\, a.

1.Of or pertaining to a specter; ghosty. [1913 Webster]

He that feels timid at the spectral form of evil is not the man to spread light.— F. W. Robertson.[1913 Webster]

2.(Opt.) Of or pertaining to the spectrum; made by the spectrum; as, spectral colors; spectral analysis. [1913 Webster]

Spectral lemur. (Zool.) See Tarsius. [1913 Webster]


Tarsius \Tar"si*us\, n. [NL. See Tarsus.] (Zool.) A genus of nocturnal lemurine mammals having very large eyes and ears, a long tail, and very long proximal tarsal bones; -- called also malmag, spectral lemur, podji, and tarsier. [1913 Webster]
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