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Definition of Sepia

1. Noun. A shade of brown with a tinge of red.

2. Noun. Rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes.

3. Noun. Type genus of the Sepiidae.

Definition of Sepia

1. n. The common European cuttlefish.

2. a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.

Definition of Sepia

1. a brown pigment [n -S] : SEPIC [adj]

Medical Definition of Sepia

1. Origin: L, fr. Gr. The cuttlefish, or squid. 1. The common European cuttlefish. A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. 2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown colour; and this mixed with a red forms Roman sepia. Cf. India ink, under India. Sepia drawing or picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Sepia

separators separatory separatrix separatrix separatum seperator Sephacryl Sephadex Sephardi Sephardic Jew

Sepharose sephen sephen sephens sepia (current term) Sepia sepiapterin synthase sepias sepic sepidaceous

Sepiidae sepiment sepiments sepiolite sepiolite sepiolites sepiost sepiostare sepiosts sepium

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