SEPIA
Se"pi*a, n.; pl. E. Sepias, L. Sepiæ. Etym: [L., fr. Gr.
1. (Zoöl.) (a) The common European cuttlefish. (b) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
2. A pigment prepared from the ink, or black secretion, of the sepia, or cuttlefish. Treated with caustic potash, it has a rich brown color; 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.
SEPIA
Se"pi*a, a.
Defn: Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
SEPIC
Se"pic, a.
Defn: Of or pertaining to sepia; done in sepia; as, a sepic drawing.
SEPIDACEOUS
Sep`i*da"ceous, a. (Zoöl.)
Defn: Like or pertaining to the cuttlefishes of the genus Sepia.
SEPIMENT Sep"i*ment, n. Etym: [L. sepimentum, saepimentum, from sepire, saepire, to hedge in.]