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bronze whaler in British Englishnouna shark, Carcharhinus brachyurus, of southern Australian waters, having a bronze-coloured back Examples of 'bronze whaler' in a sentencebronze whaler He was fishing for squid with pals off a jetty when he spotted the bronze whaler shark in shallow water.He said that his friend thought the shark could have been a bronze whaler but that it was difficult to tell.Whaler sharks, including the bronze whaler, had shrunk 9 per cent over the past 50 years, to five and half feet.She cast her line just 20 yards out into a 10ft deep gully and promptly hooked the massive 11ft bronze whaler.It is not known what kind of shark attacked the surfer, but there were reports that it was a bronze whaler, almost 2 metres long. © Ian Scott, shutterstock |