choanoblast
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choanoblast (plural choanoblasts)
- An immature choanocyte.
- 1977, Earl D. Hanson, The Origin and Early Evolution of Animals, page 436:
- Anteriorly there are the flagellated cells, which will later form the choanosome—these are the choanoblasts—and posteriorly there are the future ectomesenchymal cells, or the ectoblasts.