homunculus
英 [həˈmʌŋkjələs]
美 [həˈmʌŋkjələs]
n. (传说中的)小矮人，类似人的小生物
COCA.40365
牛津词典
noun
- （传说中的）小矮人，类似人的小生物
(in stories) a very small human or human-like creature
英英释义
noun
- a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal