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HOMUNCULUS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: homunculi   

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

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

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("homunculus" is a kind of...):

individual; mortal; person; somebody; someone; soul (a human being)

Sense 2

Meaning:

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

Synonyms:

homunculus; manikin; mannikin

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Hypernyms ("homunculus" is a kind of...):

small person (a person of below average size)

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