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Complemental   Listen
adjective
Complemental  adj.  
1.
Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully completing. "Complemental ceremony."
2.
Complimentary; courteous. (Obs.)
Complemental air (Physiol.), the air (averaging 100 cubic inches) which can be drawn into the lungs in addition to the tidal air, by the deepest possible inspiration.
Complemental males (Zool.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.





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"Complemental" Quotes from Famous Books



... Complemental: applied to sexed forms in the Termitidae, capable of reproduction, but which do not reach the winged stage; the females are less fertile than the forms that become winged and several may be used in one nest to replace a ...
— Explanation of Terms Used in Entomology • John. B. Smith
... mated, their pettinesses and selfishnesses peculiarly complemental. In any case, they ...
— We Can't Have Everything • Rupert Hughes


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