"choanoblast" meaning in English

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          "text": "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.",
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        "An immature choanocyte."
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