English noun: homunculus | |||
1. | homunculus (person) a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal | ||
Synonyms | manikin, mannikin | ||
Broader (hypernym) | small person | ||
2. | homunculus (person) a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell | ||
Broader (hypernym) | individual, mortal, person, somebody, someone, soul | ||