Homunculus \Ho*mun"cu*lus\, n.; pl. {Homunculi}. [L., dim. of homo man.] A little man; a dwarf; a manikin. --Sterne.
homunculus n 1: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal [syn: {manikin}, {mannikin}] 2: a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell [also: {homunculi} (pl)] homunculi See {homunculus}