complemental : Idioms & Phrases


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.
Webster 1913

Complemental males

  • (Zoöl.), peculiar small males living parasitically on the ordinary hermaphrodite individuals of certain barnacles.
Webster 1913