Homunculi

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

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

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  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)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  homunculi
       See {homunculus}