a strange little homunculus caught appearing in some hedge woundwort. It reminds me of the fairy photographs that entranced Arthur Conan Doyle.
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homunculus |hɒˌmʌŋkjʊləs| noun ( pl. -li |-lʌɪ|or -les ) a very small human or humanoid creature. • historical a supposed microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop. ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, diminutive of homo, homin- ‘man.’
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homunculus |hɒˌmʌŋkjʊləs|
noun ( pl. -li |-lʌɪ|or -les )
a very small human or humanoid creature.
• historical a supposed microscopic but fully formed human being from which a fetus was formerly believed to develop.
ORIGIN mid 17th cent.: from Latin, diminutive of homo, homin- ‘man.’
and so?
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