complemental
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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 Charles Darwin
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 Charles Darwin
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 Sir Francis Darwin
The males differ in every point of detail, from the complemental males of S. vulgare, but yet present so close a general resemblance, that a comparative description will be most convenient.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Charles Darwin
"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 George Meredith
