homunculus [hɒˈmʌŋkjʊləs] (亦作 homuncule -kjuːl) (pl. homunculi -lʌɪ 或 homuncules)
a very small human or humanoid creature 矮人,类人生物 ■(historical)a microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop (史)小人(微小但已成型的人,以前认为胎儿由此而来)
语源
mid 17th cent.: from Latin, diminutive of homo, homin- 'man'