Caret \Ca"ret\, n. [L. caret there is wanting, fr. carere to want.]

A mark [^] used by writers and proof readers to indicate that something is interlined above, or inserted in the margin, which belongs in the place marked by the caret.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.]

(Zo["o]l.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Hawkbill \Hawk"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)