'Homunculus' definitions:
Definition of 'homunculus'
noun
A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal [syn:
manikin,
mannikin, homunculus]
noun
A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
Definition of 'Homunculus'
- Homunculus \Ho*mun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. Homunculi. [L., dim. of
homo man.]
A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. --Sterne.
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