6 definitions found From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]: Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zool.) The hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}. [1913 Webster] From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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] From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]: caret n : a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) [foldoc]: 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). From U.S. Gazetteer (1990) [gazetteer]: Caret, VA Zip code(s): 22436
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