'Caret' definitions:

Definition of 'caret'

(from WordNet)
noun
A mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text

Definition of 'Caret'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'Caret'

From: GCIDE
  • Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zool.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill. [1913 Webster]

Definition of 'caret'

From: GCIDE
  • hawkbill \hawk"bill`\, hawksbill \hawks"bill`\(-b[i^]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]