complemental

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"The complemental dot on his i of a commonly civilized human creature!" said Dr. Middleton, looking at his watch and finding it too late to leave the house before morning.

From The Egoist by Meredith, George

We have noticed the many instances of tiny complemental males, in connection with hermaphrodite forms, which, as Darwin states, must have arisen from the advantage ensuring cross-fertilisation in the females who harbour them.

From The Truth About Woman by Hartley, C. Gasquoine (Catherine Gasquoine)

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

On the males and complemental males of certain Cirripedes, and on rudimentary structures.

From Life of Charles Darwin by Bettany, G. T. (George Thomas)

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