Sepia
['siːpɪə] or ['sipɪə]
Definition
(noun.) type genus of the Sepiidae.
(noun.) rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes.
Typist: Robbie--From WordNet
Definition
(n.) The common European cuttlefish.
(n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
(n.) 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.
(a.) Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
n. [1]. Cuttle-fish.[2]. India ink.
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Definition
n. a fine brown pigment used as a water-colour—from the ink-bag of a few species of cuttle-fish: Indian or China ink: a genus of cuttle-fishes.—n.pl. Sēpiā′cea a group of cephalopods same as Sēpiid.—n. Sēpiadā′rium a genus of cuttles.—adjs. Sēpiā′rian Sē′piāry Sēpidā′ceous Sē′pioid; Sē′pic done in sepia as a drawing.—ns. Sē′piost Sepiostaire′ Sē′pium cuttle-bone.
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Examples
- Afterwards you made him draw, in sepia, the landscape you described. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- The old latticed windows, the stone porch, the walls, the roof, the chimney-stacks, were rich in crayon touches and sepia lights and shades. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- He laid down the characteristics of the class of invert ebrates to which octopus and sepia belong. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
- Her best tile got a splash of water, which left a sepia tear on the Cupid's cheek. Louisa May Alcott. Little Women.
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