a. [ad. L. annectent-em pr. pple. of annectĕre: see ANNECT v.] Joining on, connecting (one thing to another).
1826. Kirby & Spence, Entomol. (1828), IV. Three inferior groups, which he calls aberrant or annectent.
1841. Owen, Rep. Brit. Foss., 103. The dental organs also exhibit the same transitional or annectent characters.
1875. Blake, Zool., 18. In the lower baboons no trace can be found of any annectant link with such higher forms as the Gorilla.
