Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary · 1913

Caret

Caret (kā"ret or kar"et) , noun

[Latin caret there is wanting, from 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 , noun

[French, a species of tortoise.]

(Zoology) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.