homunculus UK /hɒˈmʌŋk.jʊ.ləs/US /həˈmʌŋk.jə.ləs/ noun4 •A small, artificially created human or human-like being. •A small human. •A miniature adult, 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. formshomunculi · homunculuses