Spongoblast

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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Spongoblast \Spon"go*blast\ (sp[o^][ng]"g[-o]*bl[a^]st), n. [Gr.
     spo`ggos sponge + -blast.] (Zool.)
     One of the cells which, in sponges, secrete the spongin, or
     the material of the horny fibers.
     [1913 Webster]