/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; annectent- (s. of annectens tying to, prp. of annectere ), equiv. to an- AN- 2 + nect- bind + -ent- -ENT ]