Hypertext Webster Gateway: "caret"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
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.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zo["o]l.)
The hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Hawkbill \Hawk"bill`\, n. (Zo["o]l.)
A sea turtle ({Eretmochelys imbricata}), which yields the
best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also {caret}.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
caret
n : a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where
something is to be inserted into a text
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