1. (n.) The common European cuttlefish.

2. (n.) A genus comprising the common cuttlefish and numerous similar species.

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.

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