[1] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

hawkbill \hawk"bill`\, hawksbill \hawks"bill`\-bi^l`, n.
   zool.
   a sea turtle eretmochelys imbricata, which yields the
   best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also caret.

   syn: hawksbill turtle, hawkbill, tortoiseshell turtle,
        eretmochelys imbricata.
        1913 webster
see also:
eretmochelys imbricata caret 

[2] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

caret \ca`ret"\, n. f., a species of tortoise. zool.
   the hawkbill turtle. see hawkbill.
   1913 webster
see also:
hawkbill 

[3] : The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48

caret \ca"ret\ k=a"re^t or ka^r"e^t, 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.
   1913 webster

[4] : WordNet (r) 2.0

caret
     n : a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where
         something is to be inserted into a text

[5] : The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03)

caret
     
        ^
     
        common: hat; control; uparrow; caret; itu-t: circumflex.
        rare: chevron; intercal: shark or shark-fin; to the "to
        the power of"; fang; pointer in pascal.
     
     
see also:
itu-t intercal 

[6] : U.S. Gazetteer (1990)

caret, va
  zip codes: 22436

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