名詞 homunculus:

1. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
   同義詞：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

ho.mun.cu.lus

n.（名詞）
【復(fù)數(shù)】 ho.mun.cu.li[-lo.]
A diminutive human being.
侏儒，矮人
A miniature, fully formed individual believed by adherents of the early biological theory of preformation to be present in the sperm cell.
雛型人：一個微型的，充分成形的個體，早期生物理論預(yù)說的擁護者認為它存在于精子細胞中

來源：
Latin [diminutive of] homô [man] * see dhghem-
拉丁語 [] homô的小后綴 [人] *參見 dhghem-