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1.                 From 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.
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2.                 From 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.
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3.                 From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
                   
   
   
                   
                     
   Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zool.)
      The hawkbill turtle. See Hawkbill.
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