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
When state banks then faltered and stopped exchanging their paper money for coin, experts warned that specie payments might not resume without guidance from a well-managed national bank.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The Bank would make loans to merchants in the form of paper notes they could exchange for specie and use to pay taxes, so these could circulate as a national currency.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
The newly chartered banks also adopted this practice, issuing banknotes in excess of the amount of specie in their vaults.
From Textbooks ● Dec. 30, 2014
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
