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单词 homuncules
释义

homunculus /hō- or ho-mungˈkyŭ-ləs/, also homuncule /-kūl/ or homuncle /-mungˈkl/

noun (pl homuncˈulī, homuncˈules or homuncˈles)
  1. A tiny man capable of being produced artificially according to Paracelsus, endowed with magical insight and power
  2. A dwarf, manikin
  3. A dwarf of normal proportions (medicine)
  4. A minute human form believed by the spermatist school of preformationists to be contained in the spermatozoon
ORIGIN: L homunculus, dimin of homō a man

homuncˈūlar adjective

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