annectentadj.
/əˈnɛkt(ə)nt/, U.S. /əˈnɛkt(ə)nt/ Chiefly Biology.
That connects or links (one thing to another); intermediate or transitional. Cf. annectant adj.
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the world > relative properties > wholeness > mutual relation of parts to whole > fact or action of being joined or joining > fact or action of being connected or connecting > [adjective] > connecting
associating1646
connective1656
copulant1658
connexive1776
annectent1821
annectant1825
syndetic1891
syndetical1891
1821 W. S. MacLeay Horæ Entomologicæ ii. vi. 372 These can scarcely be said to afford a type of any very peculiar construction, and may therefore, perhaps, with more propriety be viewed as an annectent tribe falling into the extensive order of Orthoptera.
1841 R. Owen Rep. Brit. Fossil Reptiles: Pt. 2 103 Transitional or annectent characters.
1909 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) B. 200 119 The sulcus is completely divided into three portions by annectent gyri which are completely exposed on the surface.
1964 Condor 66 61 Wintering Mountain Chickadees were found in greatest numbers at the lower edge of the belt of Douglas fir in canyons annectent to Cache Valley.
2021 B. E. Freeman Ecol. & Econ. Entomol. ix. 302/1 Speciation can occur..by barriers to gene flow arising between two annectent populations.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2022).
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