Homunculus

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • n. A diminutive human.
  • n. A miniature, fully formed individual believed by adherents of the early biological theory of preformation to be present in the sperm cell.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • n. A little man.
  • 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.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • 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
  • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    person    mortal    individual    someone    soul    somebody    small person   
    Cross Reference
    manikin   
    Variant
    homunculi   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    dwarf    manikin   
    Same Context
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