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Ho·mun·cu·lus n.; pl. Homunculi A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.
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homunculus
n 1: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed
or abnormal [syn: manikin, mannikin]
2: a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the
discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be
present in the sperm cell
[also: homunculi (pl)]