complemental

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No; the response must be in kind to be truly complemental.

From Between the Dark and the Daylight by Howells, William Dean

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

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

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.

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.