Saturday 14 June 2008

woundwort



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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  1. Anonymous18 June 2008 at 09:50

    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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  2. Spot18 June 2008 at 11:27

    and so?

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