homunculus

Example Sentences

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Maxwell posited a tiny homunculus that could cordon off hotter, faster molecules from colder, slower ones.

From Washington Post

The hands on a homunculus are enormous, and the elbow is disproportionately miniature.

From The Verge

It rests in the cold hard present: shoddy recruitment, an absence of forensic expertise at every level and an ownership that has squatted on the club like a vampiric homunculus.

From The Guardian

Gollum is a simpering, murderous homunculus who detests the sun, feeds on fish, and constantly argues with his "other" self, Smeagol.

From Salon

We forgot to mention there is a homunculus encased in your toaster.

From Washington Post