annectent

American  

[uh-nek-tuhnt] / əˈnɛk tənt /

Or annectant

adjective

Zoology.

1. connecting or linking, as a group of animals transitional between two other species, families, classes, etc.

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Etymology

Origin of annectent

1820–30; < Latin annectent- (stem of annectēns tying to, present participle of annectere ), equivalent to an- an- ² + nect- bind + -ent- -ent

Example Sentences

The remaining groups are dealt with under the headings Entomostraca and Malacostraca, the annectent group Leptostraca being included in the former.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 7 "Crocoite" to "Cuba" by Various