homunculus

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Noun homunculus has 2 senses

manikin, mannikin, homunculus - a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
--₁ is a kind of small person
homunculus - a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
--₂ is a kind of person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, human, soul