caret

noun6

1. •
   A mark ⟨ ‸ ⟩ used by writers and proofreaders to indicate that something is to be inserted at that point.
2. •
   An indicator, often a blinking line or bar and usually called a cursor, indicating where the next insertion or other edit will take place.
3. •
   An exponentiation symbol or operator ⟨＾⟩.
4. •
   (nonstandard) A circumflex ⟨ ˆ ⟩.
5. •
   (nonstandard) A háček ⟨ ˇ ⟩.

   • […] the more conventional semivocalic j and the caret (ˇ) respectively. — 1944
6. •
   (no longer used) A kind of turtle, the hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata).