complemental
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Etymology
Origin of complemental
First recorded in 1595–1605; complement + -al 1
Example Sentences
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Forms of poetry are complemental to each other, and one who tries to be merely dramatic without appreciating the lyric spirit becomes theatric.
From Browning and the Dramatic Monologue by Curry, S. S. (Samuel Silas)
Body of the above complemental male, consisting of the thorax supporting the four pairs of limbs, and of the terminal abdominal lobe.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
It is easy to see that intellectually, as well as physically, men and women are complemental, and when the conclusions arrived at are identical they become confirmatory of each other.
From What a Young Husband Ought to Know by Stall, Sylvanus
Certain hermaphrodite cirripedes are aided in their reproduction by a whole cluster of what I have called complemental males, which differ wonderfully from the ordinary hermaphrodite form.
From The Different Forms of Flowers on Plants of the Same Species by Darwin, Charles
The outer integument was covered with rather thick, very minute bristles, each about, 2/10,000th of an inch in length, and therefore only half the length of those on the complemental males of S. vulgare.
From A Monograph on the Sub-class Cirripedia With Figures of all the Species. by Darwin, Charles
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