sepiment (sepiment)

[L. sæpimentum, sep i mentum, a hedge, a fence, sepioid (sē'pi-oid), a. and n. [ II. n. A member of the Sepioidea . Sepioidea (sē-pi-oi'de-ä), n. pl. [NL., and lid [NL., dim. of Sepia , lized, and an internal flattened calcareous gladius, the sepiost or cuttlebone.-2. An order of dibranchiate cephalopods, contrasted with Belemnoidea. A. Hyatt. Sepiola (sē-pi'ō-la), n. q.v.] Agenus of squids, typical of the family Sepiolidæ, having the body short, and the fins broad, short, and lobe like, as in S. atlantic a. Sepiolidæ (sē-pi-ol'idē), n. pl. [NL., pods, typified by the genus Sepiola. They have a small cartilaginous or corneous gladius or cuttlebone, and the first pair of arms hectocotyli zed. Sepiolidea (sē"pi-ō-lid'ē-ä), n. pl. [NL., IMG:content-0632.png:[blocks in formation]