what is a homunculus
Definition of homunculus. plural. homunculi. play \hÅ-ËmÉÅ-kyÉ-ËlÄ«, -ËlÄ\. 1 : a little man : manikin. 2 : a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size.