connivent

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  1. adjective Biology Converging and touching but not fused, as stamens or an insect's wings.

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  1. Latin connīvēns, connīvent-, present participle of connīvēre, to be tightly closed.

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  1. = French connivent = Portuguese Italian connivente, from Ḷ. conniven(t-)s, cōniven(t-)s, present participle of connivere, cōnivere: see connive.
 

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