n. | 1. | (Zool.) The common European 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
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a. | 1. | Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia. |
Noun | 1. | sepia - a shade of brown with a tinge of red |
2. | sepia - rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes | |
3. | Sepia - type genus of the Sepiidae Synonyms: genus Sepia |
SEPIA - Standard ECRC Prolog Integrating Applications. Prolog with
many extensions including attributed variables ("metaterms")
and declarative coroutining. "SEPIA", Micha Meier
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