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

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

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)

He blended the complemental conceptions of divinity and humanity.

From Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro by Culp, Daniel Wallace

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