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an⋅nec⋅tent

   [uh-nek-tuhnt]
–adjective Zoology.
connecting or linking, as a group of animals transitional between two other species, families, classes, etc.
Also, an⋅nec⋅tant.

Origin:
1820–30; < L annectent- (s. of annectēns tying to, prp. of annectere), equiv. to an- an- 2 + nect- bind + -ent- -ent
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Annectent

An*nec"tent\, a. [L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex.] Connecting; annexing. --Owen.

Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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