— sepialike , adj. — sepic /see"pik, sep"ik/ , adj.
/see"pee euh/ , n.
1. a brown pigment obtained from the inklike secretion of various cuttlefish and used with brush or pen in drawing.
2. a drawing made with this pigment.
3. a dark brown.
4. Photog. a print or photograph made in this color.
5. any of several cuttlefish of the genus Sepia, producing a dark fluid used naturally for defense and, by humans, in ink.
adj.
6. of a brown, grayish brown, or olive brown similar to that of sepia ink.
[ 1560-70; sepia cuttlefish, its secretion sepía; akin to sêpsis SEPSIS ]