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homunculus

noun

1 homunculus

A person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal.

synonyms: manikin, mannikin.

Roget 193: littleness etc. adj.; smallness etc. (of quantity) 32; exiguity, inextension; parvitude, parvity; duodecimo; Elzevir edition, ... show more

2 homunculus

A tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell.

Polish: homunkulus


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