complemental

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The two expressions, song and action, were one; they were mutually complemental.

From Chapters of Opera Being historical and critical observations and records concerning the lyric drama in New York from its earliest days down to the present time by Krehbiel, Henry Edward

The complemental males of certain Cirripedes live like epiphytic plants either on the female or the hermaphrodite form, and are destitute of a mouth and of prehensile limbs.

From The Descent of Man by Darwin, Charles

Adj. reciprocal, mutual, commutual†, correlative, reciprocative, interrelated, closely related; alternate; interchangeable; interdependent; international; complemental, complementary.

From Roget's Thesaurus of English Words and Phrases by Roget, Peter Mark

Also if you ever find any species of Scalpellum, pray look for complemental males; a German author has recently doubted my observations for no reason except that the facts appeared to him so strange.

From Life and Letters of Charles Darwin — Volume 2 by Darwin, Francis, Sir

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