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.

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)

In a happy marriage these differences become complemental, rendering possible that superior unity in which the two are made one.

From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus

This, less the tidal air and the reserve air, is called the complemental air.

From Physiology and Hygiene for Secondary Schools by Walters, Francis M.

In the parasitic complemental male of S. vulgare, I also most plainly saw spermatozoa.

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