Serving to connect or link; especially in biology, describing organisms or features that bridge different groups.
From Latin 'annectens' (present participle of annectere, to bind); used in evolutionary and taxonomic contexts to describe transitional forms.
Biologists use 'annectent' to describe species like the platypus that connect different evolutionary branches—it's a word that captures nature's refusal to fit neatly into categories!
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