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complemental

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com·ple·men·tal  (kmpl-mntl)
adj.
Having to do with or being a complement.
comple·mental·ly adv.
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Adj.1.complemental - acting as or providing a complement (something that completes the whole)
completing, complementary
additive - characterized or produced by addition; "an additive process"
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But in some genera the larvae become developed either into hermaphrodites having the ordinary structure, or into what I have called complemental males: and in the latter, the development has assuredly been retrograde; for the male is a mere sack, which lives for a short time, and is destitute of mouth, stomach, or other organ of importance, excepting for reproduction.
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