specie

Example Sentences

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Until recently, the only non-human species of mammals that were known to experience menopause were a select few specie, such as orcas — not primates.

From Salon • Dec. 11, 2023

Van Buren did worry, however, that federal funds now lay trapped in private banks that paid unredeemable paper notes instead of specie.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

Customers rushed to trade banknotes for coins, but the banks suspended specie payments again.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

The government would buy one-fifth of its shares and private investors would purchase the rest, using specie and the new federal bonds created by funding and assumption.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

And again he perceived himself sub specie aeternitatis, the form-destroyer called forth by what he heard and saw here.

From "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?" by Philip K. Dick