Sepia

from 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}]
    
from 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]
    
from 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]
    
from The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (8 July 2008)
SEPIA

   Standard ECRC Prolog Integrating Applications.  Prolog with
   many extensions including attributed variables ("metaterms")
   and declarative coroutining.  "SEPIA", Micha Meier
   <[email protected]> et al, TR-LP-36 ECRC, March 1988.  Version 3.1
   available for Suns and VAX.  (See ECRC-Prolog).  E-mail:
   <[email protected]>.
    
from Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0
40 Moby Thesaurus words for "sepia":
      beige, brown, brownish, brownish-yellow, brunet, chocolate,
      cinnamon, cocoa, cocoa-brown, coffee, coffee-brown, drab, dun,
      dun-brown, dun-drab, ecru, fawn, fawn-colored, fuscous, grege,
      hazel, khaki, lurid, nut-brown, olive-brown, olive-drab, seal,
      seal-brown, snuff-colored, sorrel, tan, taupe, tawny, toast,
      toast-brown, umber, umber-colored, walnut, walnut-brown,
      yellowish-brown

    

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