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homuncle

homuncle is the obsolete form of homunculus.

Meaning of homunculus

Noun

homunculus (plural homunculi or homunculuses)

  1. A small, artificially created human or human-like being.
  2. (broadly) A small human.
  3. A miniature adult, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
    • Ser Perth stayed near him most of the time now. The man was obviously worried, but tried not to show it. "We've managed to get some testosterone from a blond homunculus," he reported. "That should put you on your feet in no time. Don't worry, young man we'll keep you vivified somehow until the Sign...1963, Lester del Rey, The Sky Is Falling
  4. The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

Forms of homuncle

pluralhomuncles

Questions about homuncle

What is homuncle the obsolete form of?
Homuncle is the obsolete form of homunculus.

Words near homuncle in the dictionary

  1. homsets
  2. Homshetsi
  3. Homshetsis
  4. Homsi
  5. Homsis
  6. homuncle
  7. homuncles
  8. homuncular
  9. homuncule
  10. homuncules
  11. homunculi

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