Thesaurus: sepia

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1. n. The common European cuttlefish.
2. n. A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species. See Illustr. under Cuttlefish.
3. 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.
4. a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
5. n. a shade of brown with a tinge of red
6. n. rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
7. 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. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia.
8. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition;also, made of, or done in, sepia.
9. n:100 n. rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes n. type genus of the Sepiidae