释义 |
‖ sepium|ˈsiːpɪəm| Also in Gr. form sepion. [mod.L., a. Gr. σήπιον.] Cuttle-bone.
[1752Chambers's Cycl., Sepium, Sepiæ os, or testa, cuttle⁓fish bone is a white..testaceous substance.] 1835–6Todd's Cycl. Anat. I. 546/1 The Sepium or Cuttle-bone is a well⁓known substance, and formerly figured in the Materia Medica as an antacid. 1895A. H. Cooke Molluscs xiii. (Cambr. Nat. Hist.) 389 The sepion or ‘cuttle-bone’ runs the whole length and width of the body. |