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 | ||