complemental

Example Sentences

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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

While of the contrasted yet complemental civic life of fullest, broadest action, what expression like the Roman eagle—the very eyes of keenness, and the spreading wings of power?

From Civics: as Applied Sociology by Geddes, Patrick

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

From Whirligigs by Henry, O.

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.

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