Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
SPECTER
ghost, shade, spook, wraith, specter, spectre
(noun) a mental representation of some haunting experience; āhe looked like he had seen a ghostā; āit aroused specters from his pastā
apparition, phantom, phantasm, phantasma, fantasm, specter, spectre
(noun) a ghostly appearing figure; āwe were unprepared for the apparition that confronted usā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
specter (plural specters) (American spelling)
A ghostly apparition, a phantom.
(figuratively) A threatening mental image.
• Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, The Communist Manifesto
Synonyms
• See also ghost
Anagrams
• Sceptre, recepts, respect, scepter, sceptre, spectre
Source: Wiktionary
Spec"ter, Spec"tre, n. Etym: [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. (Zoƶl.) (a) The tarsius. (b) A stick insect. Specter bat (Zoƶl.), any phyllostome bat.
– Specter candle (Zoƶl.), a belemnite.
– Specter shrimp (Zoƶl.), a skeleton shrimp. See under Skeleton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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