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homunculus

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homunculus in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
    manikin  mannikin  homunculus 
  2. a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
    homunculus 
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