homunculus

2 definitions found

homunculus - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Homunculus \Ho*mun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. Homunculi. [L., dim. of
     homo man.]
     A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. --Sterne.
     [1913 Webster]

homunculus - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  homunculus
      n 1: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise
           deformed or abnormal [syn: manikin, mannikin,
           homunculus]
      2: a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the
         discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present
         in the sperm cell