SUN'FISH, noun [sun and fish.] A name of the diodon, a genus of fishes of a very singular form, appearing like the fore part of the body of a very deep fish amputated in the middle.
The sunfish is the Tetraodon mola of Linne.
1. The basking shark.
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Webster's Dictionary 1828
American Dictionary of the English Language, Noah Webster, 1828.