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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 (ə-něk'tənt)
adj.
Connected with; joined.

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