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homunculusOne entry found for homunculus. Main Entry: ho·mun·cu·lus Pronunciation: hO-'m&[ng]-ky&-l&s Function: noun Inflected Form(s): plural ho·mun·cu·li /-"lI, -"lE/Etymology: Latin, diminutive of homin-, homo human being -- more at HOMAGE 1 : a little man : MANIKIN 2 : a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size
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