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
Customers rushed to trade banknotes for coins, but the banks suspended specie payments again.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 18, 2018
Under the assumption that customers would never try to redeem all their notes at once, even the best banks loaned more paper than the specie in their vaults, handsomely multiplying the interest they collected.
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
