complemental

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Neoteinic: applied to complemental females in Termites because, though reproductive, they retain some juvenile characters.

From Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology by Smith, John. B.

Certain hermaphrodite cirripedes are aided in their reproduction by a whole cluster of what I have called complemental males, which differ wonderfully from the ordinary hermaphrodite form.

From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles

No; the response must be in kind, to be truly complemental.

From Quaint Courtships by Howells, William Dean

The males differ in every point of detail, from the complemental males of S. vulgare, but yet present so close a general resemblance, that a comparative description will be most convenient.

From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles

By so living together a wise husband and a loving wife will soon discover that they two are but complemental to each other—like the Will and Understanding of one individual.

From Plain Talks on Avoided Subjects by Guernsey, Henry Newell