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Definition: Complemental males
Complemental
\Com`ple*men"tal\, a.
1. Supplying, or tending to supply, a deficiency; fully
completing.
“Complemental ceremony.” --Prynne.
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2. Complimentary; courteous. [Obs.] --Shak.
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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 (Zo["o]l.), peculiar small males living
parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of
certain barnacles.
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