• Multi

    Origin 1

    Shortening of multituberculate.

    Full definition of multi

    Noun

    multi

    (plural multis)
    1. (informal, paleontology) A multituberculate.
      • 1996, Michael Novacek, Dinosaurs of the Flaming Cliffs, p. 316:Our Mesozoic antecedents are typified by small size; even the largest of the multis are not larger than a groundhog.

    Origin 2

    < multifasciatus

    Noun

    multi

    (plural multis)
    1. (informal) Neolamprologus multifasciatus (small shell-dwelling cichlid endemic to Lake Tanganyika, popular as aquarium fish)----
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