annectent

annectent
/euh nek"teuhnt/, adj. Zool.
connecting or linking, as a group of animals transitional between two other species, families, classes, etc.
Also, annectant.
[1820-30; < L annectent- (s. of annectens tying to, prp. of annectere), equiv. to an- AN-2 + nect- bind + -ent- -ENT]

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