[ noun ] a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text <noun.communication>
Caret \Ca"ret\ (k[=a]"r[e^]t or k[a^]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. ※ ||
Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.) The hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}.
hawkbill \hawk"bill`\, hawksbill \hawks"bill`\(-b[i^]l`), n. (Zo["o]l.) A sea turtle ({Eretmochelys imbricata}), which yields the best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also {caret}.