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From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Dictionary 英漢字典

 ho·mun·cu·lus /hoˈmʌŋkjələs/
 侏儒

From: DICT.TW English-Chinese Medical Dictionary 英漢醫學字典

 ho·mun·cu·lus /hoˈməŋkjələs/ 名詞
 雛型人,矮人

From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ho·mun·cu·lus n.; pl. Homunculi   A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.
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From: WordNet (r) 2.0

 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)]