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Spongin vs Spongoblast - What's the difference?

spongin | spongoblast |

As nouns the difference between spongin and spongoblast

is that spongin is a horny, sulfur-containing protein related to keratin that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges proteinaceous compounds of which the spicules in demospongiae are composed while spongoblast is (zoology) in sponges, one of the cells that secrete spongin.

spongin

English

Noun

(s)
  • A horny, sulfur-containing protein related to keratin that forms the skeletal structure of certain classes of sponges proteinaceous compounds of which the spicules in Demospongiae are composed.

    • References

    *American Heritage Dictionary, 2006 *Cartage, 2006

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    spongoblast

    English

    Noun

    (en noun)
  • (zoology) In sponges, one of the cells that secrete spongin.
    • (Webster 1913)