n.
Pronunciation: h ō - ' m ə ŋ -ky ə -l ə s
Function: noun
Inflected Form: plural -li \ - ˌ l ī , - ˌ l ē \
Etymology: Latin, diminutive of homin-, homo human being ― more at HOMAGE
Date: 1656
1 : a little man : MANIKIN
2 : a miniature adult that in the theory of preformation is held to inhabit the germ cell and to produce a mature individual merely by an increase in size