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Wordnet 3.0

NOUN (1)

1. a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text;


The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:

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]
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]
WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):

caret n 1: a mark used by an author or editor to indicate where something is to be inserted into a text
The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (30 December 2018):

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).