complemental

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I have done nothing which has interested me so much as Lythrum, since making out the complemental males of Cirripedes.

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

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

Small portion of the outer integument of the complemental male, as seen with a 1/8th of an inch object glass.

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

For any analogy to the existence of males, complemental to hermaphrodites, we must look to the vegetable kingdom.

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

It is a well-known optical fact that the color of shadow is complemental to that of light: and that therefore, in general terms, warm light has cool shadow, and cool light hot shadow.

From On the Old Road Vol. 1 (of 2) A Collection of Miscellaneous Essays and Articles on Art and Literature by Ruskin, John