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sepialike

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se⋅pi⋅a

  [see-pee-uh]
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–noun
1. a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
2. a drawing made with this pigment.
3. a dark brown.
4. Photography. a print or photograph made in this color.
5. any of several cuttlefish of the genus Sepia, producing a dark fluid used naturally for defense and, by humans, in ink.
–adjective
6. of a brown, grayish brown, or olive brown similar to that of sepia ink.
Origin:
1560–70; < L sēpia cuttlefish, its secretion < Gk sēpía; akin to sêpsis sepsis

Related forms:
se⋅pi⋅a⋅like, adjective
se⋅pic  [see-pik, sep-ik] , adjective
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Word Origin & History

sepia 
"rich brown pigment," 1821, from It. seppia "cuttlefish" (borrowed with that meaning in Eng. by 1569), from L. sepia "cuttlefish," from Gk. sepia, related to sepein "to make rotten" (cf. sepsis). The color was that of brown paint or ink prepared from the fluid secretions of the cuttlefish. Meaning "a sepia drawing" is recorded from 1863.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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Medical Dictionary

Main Entry: se·pia
Pronunciation: 'sE-pE-&
Function: noun
1 capitalized : a genus (the type of the family Sepiidae) ofoval-bodied cephalopods that comprise the cuttlefishes and have a saclike organ containing a dark fluid and an internal shell mostly of calcium carbonate which has been used as an antacid and in toothand polishing powders
2 : the inky secretion of a cuttlefish or a brown pigment from it
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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