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.

The complemental males of certain Cirripedes live like epiphytic plants either on the female or the hermaphrodite form, and are destitute of a mouth and of prehensile limbs.

From The Descent of Man 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

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.

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