complemental
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Origin of complemental
First recorded in 1595–1605; complement + -al 1
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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.
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
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 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 Darwin, Charles
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