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Word: Sepia
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (denoting a cuttlefish): via Latin from Greek sēpia ‘cuttlefish’. The current senses date from the early 19th century
ˈsiːpɪə
a reddish-brown colour associated particularly with monochrome photographs of the 19th and early 20th centuries
Short Definition:reddish-brown colour associated particularly with monochrome photographs of 19th and early 20th centuries
Examples:- old sepia photographs
a blackish fluid secreted by a cuttlefish as a defensive screen.
Short Definition:blackish fluid secreted by cuttlefish as defensive screen
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