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homunculus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • homunculus noun A small, human-like figure, especially one imagined as artificially created.

Senses

homunculus is used for these senses in English:

  • homunculus A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

homunculus — full definition

  1. noun A small, human-like figure, especially one imagined as artificially created.
  2. noun A distorted map of the human body found on the brain's surface, showing which areas control which body parts.