homunculus

名词 homunculus:

1. a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
   同义词：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.（名词）
【复数】 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.
雏型人：一个微型的，充分成形的个体，早期生物理论预说的拥护者认为它存在于精子细胞中

来源：
Latin [diminutive of] homô [man] * see dhghem-
拉丁语 [] homô的小后缀 [人] *参见 dhghem-