Found 2 items, similar to homunculus.
English → English (WordNet) Definition: homunculus 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)]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Homunculus Homunculus \Ho*mun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. Homunculi. [L., dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. --Sterne. [1913 Webster]