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homunculus

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  1. 1. n. A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Source: opted
  2. 2. n. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal Source: wordnet
  3. 3. n. a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell Source: wordnet
  4. 4. A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. Sterne. Source: webster
  5. 5. n:100 n. a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell Source: ecdict

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