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.