Se"pi*a (?), n.; pl. E. Sepias (#), L. Sepiae (#). [L., fr. Gr. the cuttlefish, or squid.]
1. Zool. (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 ∨ picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments.
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Se"pi*a, a.
Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
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