Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia - n. The caret, or hawk-billed
sea-turtle, Eretmochelys imbricata. It is from this turtle that
tortoise-shell is obtained, Also called hawk's-bill. See cut
under Eretmochelys. - n. A pair of pliers with curved nose, used
to hold pieces in soldering them with a blowpipe. - n.
alternative spelling of hawksbill. GNU Webster's 1913 - n.
(Zoöl.) A sea turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata), which yields the
best quality of tortoise shell; -- called also - n. pugnacious
tropical sea turtle with a hawk-like beak; source of food and
the best tortoiseshell “And we traded and salved wherever a
dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl shell, copra,
beche-de-mer, hawkbill turtle shell, and stranded wrecks.” “They
are shipwrecked thrice, in the Gilberts, the Santa Cruz Group
and the Fijis, trade pearl and pearl-shell, hawkbill turtle-
shell, stranded wrecks, and bêche-de-mer.” “And we traded and
salved wherever a dollar promised in the way of pearl and pearl
shell, copra, beche de mer, hawkb