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

Once chartered, a bank was supposed to sell stock for specie, and then start making loans in the form of paper notes bearing promises to pay a given amount of gold or silver on demand.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

When this happened, banks could not satisfy everyone who suddenly wanted metal instead of paper, so they suspended specie payments and refused to honor the promises on their notes.

From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018

When business conditions improved, the Bank discouraged excessive lending and note issue by promptly demanding specie when it received state banknotes from its customers.

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