Sepia

See also: sepia and sépia

Translingual

Sepia officinalis

Etymology

From Latin sepia.

Proper noun

Sepia f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Sepiidae – many cuttlefishes, including many of the most common ones.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Animalia – kingdom; Bilateria – subkingdom; Protostomia – infrakingdom; Spiralia – superphylum; Mollusca – phylum; Cephalopoda – class; Coleoidea – subclass; Decabrachia – superorder; Sepiida – order; Sepiina – suborder; Sepiidae – family

Hyponyms

• (genus): Sepia officinalis (common cuttlefish) – type species; Sepia pharaonis (Pharaoh cuttlefish); for other species see Sepia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Derived terms

• Metasepia
• Sepiella
• Sepiadarium
• Sepioloidea

References

• Sepia on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Sepia on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Sepia on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Sepia at World Register of Marine Species
• Sepia at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Sepia at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• “Sepia”, in Paleobiology Database, 2026

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin sēpia.

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Noun

Sepia f (genitive Sepia, plural Sepien)

1. A dark brown pigment made from the secretions of the cuttlefish; sepia
2. A cuttlefish

Declension

Declension of Sepia [feminine]

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Sepia	die	Sepien
genitive	einer	der	Sepia	der	Sepien
dative	einer	der	Sepia	den	Sepien
accusative	eine	die	Sepia	die	Sepien

Further reading

• “Sepia”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[1] (in German)