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 ]
‖n. [ F., a species of tortoise. ] (Zool.) The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill. [ 1913 Webster ]
n. a genus consisting of the loggerhead turtles.