specie
n. 硬币;铸币
例句
Payments were demanded in specie.
通常要求用硬币支付。
The specie held by the banking system actually declined.
银行体系所持有的金银实际上减少了。
This is the adaptation of desert specie to the hot conditions.
这就是沙漠物种对炎热环境的适应。