An*nec"tent (&?;), a. [L. annectere to tie or bind to. See Annex.] Connecting; annexing. Owen.
{ An`ne*lid (&?;), An*nel"i*dan (&?;), } a. [F. annélide, fr. anneler to arrange in rings, OF. anel a ring, fr. L. anellus a ring, dim. of annulus a ring.] (Zoöl.) Of or pertaining to the Annelida. -- n. One of the Annelida.
||An*nel"i*da (&?;), n. pl. [NL. See Annelid.] (Zoöl.) A division of the Articulata, having the body formed of numerous rings or annular segments, and without jointed legs. The principal subdivisions are the Chætopoda, including the Oligochæta or earthworms and Polychæta or marine worms; and the Hirudinea or leeches. See Chætopoda.
An*nel"i*dous (&?;), a. (Zoöl.) Of the nature of an annelid.
||An`nel*la"ta (&?;), n. pl. [NL.] (Zoöl.) See Annelida.
An"ne*loid (&?;), n. [F. annelé ringed + -oid.] (Zoöl.) An animal resembling an annelid.
An*nex" (&?;), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Annexed (&?;); p. pr. & vb. n. Annexing.] [F. annexer, fr. L. annexus, p. p. of annectere to tie or bind to; ad + nectere to tie, to fasten together, akin to Skr. nah to bind.] 1. To join or attach; usually to subjoin; to affix; to append; -- followed by to. "He annexed a codicil to a will." Johnson.