SEPIA

(Lat.), n. f. Sep(sap)'i-a3. Gr., vr,iria. Fr., seiche (1st def.). Ger., Dintenfisch (1st def.). 1. Cuttle-tish; a genus of dibranchiate Cephalopod a. 2. A carbonaceous pigment obtained from S. officinal is and other cephalopods. [a, 35.] Os sejiise. Ger., Fischbein, Kuttelfischbein. Cuttle-fish bone; an oblong-oval calcareous body situated under the skin in the back of 8. officinal is. It has a saline taste and a feeble sea odor. Finely powdered, it is used as an antacid, in goitre, and in tooth-powders. A similar but smaller body obtained from S. elegans is also known as os sepiat1. [B, 5, 180 (a, 35).] Os sepite prseparatum. Finely powdered os sepia a. Os sepiie ustum. Ger., gebranntes Fischbein. Burnt cuttle-fish bone; used like finely powdered os sepise. [a, 35.] S. elegans. Ger., zierlicher Dintvnfisch. A Mediterranean species. It furnishes a smaller sort of ps sepias. Sepiie os. See O* sepice. S. officinal is. Fr., araignee de mer. Ger., gebrduchlicher (oder officinellvr) Dintenfisch, Kuttelfisch, Blackftsch, Seekatze. The cuttle-fish of European seas, especially the Mediterranean. It furnishes s. (2d def.) and os sepioe. [a, 35.] [s. 476]