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Noun: sepia  see-pee-u
  1. A shade of brown with a tinge of red
    - reddish brown, burnt sienna, Venetian red, mahogany
     
  2. Rich brown pigment prepared from the ink of cuttlefishes
Noun: Sepia
  1. Type genus of the Sepiidae
    - genus Sepia

Derived forms: sepias

Type of: brown, brownness, mollusk genus, pigment

Part of: family Sepiidae, Sepiidae

Encyclopedia: Sepia