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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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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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Caret \Ca`ret"\, n. [F., a species of tortoise.] (Zool.)
The hawkbill turtle. See {Hawkbill}.
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