Noun
- 1. manikin, mannikin, homunculus, small person
- usage: a person who is very small but who is not otherwise deformed or abnormal
- 2. homunculus, person, individual, someone, somebody, mortal, soul
- usage: a tiny fully formed individual that (according to the discredited theory of preformation) is supposed to be present in the sperm cell
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