homunculus
Plural: homunculi
Noun
- a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
- A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.
- The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.
Origin / Etymology
Borrowed from Latin homunculus, diminutive of homō (“man”).
Scrabble Score: 17
homunculus: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Wordhomunculus: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
homunculus: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary
Words With Friends Score: 23
homunculus: valid Words With Friends Word