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Homunculus

/hoʊˈmʌŋkjələs/

A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

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noun
  1. 1

    A miniature man, once imagined by spermists to be present in human sperm.

  2. 2

    The nerve map of the human body that exists on the parietal lobe of the human brain.

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