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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (3)

1. a shade of brown with a tinge of red;
[syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany]

2. rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes;

3. type genus of the Sepiidae;
[syn: Sepia, genus Sepia]


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sepia \Se"pi*a\, a. Of a dark brown color, with a little red in its composition; also, made of, or done in, sepia. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

Sepia \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. [1913 Webster] 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. [1913 Webster] Sepia drawing or Sepia picture, a drawing in monochrome, made in sepia alone, or in sepia with other brown pigments. [1913 Webster]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

sepia n 1: a shade of brown with a tinge of red [syn: reddish brown, sepia, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany] 2: rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes 3: type genus of the Sepiidae [syn: Sepia, genus Sepia]
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (19 January 2023):

SEPIA Standard ECRC Prolog Integrating Applications. Prolog with many extensions including attributed variables ("metaterms") and declarative coroutining. "SEPIA", Micha Meier et al, TR-LP-36 ECRC, March 1988. Version 3.1 available for Suns and VAX. (See ECRC-Prolog). E-mail: .