n. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
n. A little man; a dwarf; a manikin.
The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
n. A tiny human being that may be produced (according to a fancy of Paracelsus) artificially, without a natural mother.
n. A little man; a dwarf.
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n. a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
n. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
Word Usage
"The homunculus is the mapping of the body into the motor cortex, which is a portion of the brain located approximately under the portion of the scalp that would be occupied by a Mohawk hairdo."