complemental

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Body of the above complemental male, consisting of the thorax supporting the four pairs of limbs, and of the terminal abdominal lobe.

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

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

The word "great" in his code should have been "gage," and its complemental words "of battle."

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

The large relative size of the rostrum in the complemental male both of this species and of S. Peronii, is a remarkable character, which I can in no way account for.

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