(of an animal) taken from the wild rather than bred from captive stock.
（动物）野生抓获的
a zoo known to have bought wild-caught gorillas on the black market
Example sentencesExamples
Therefore, I measured the average extraction rate of each species separately using wild-caught birds that I put into a large aviary.
His organization opposes the trade in wild-caught birds because of conservation and cruelty concerns, but he warns of its health hazards as well.
They were wild-caught birds from Ecuador and Peru which either were released or escaped after being imported as pets.
Commonly, farmed fish require wild-caught fish as fish feed, further depleting wild stocks.
Gallinaceous birds seem to be ideal model hosts for this kind of experimental study because wild-caught birds can be bred and raised in captivity and released successfully into wild populations.
Definition of wild-caught in US English:
wild-caught
adjectiveˈwīldˌkôt
(of an animal) taken from the wild rather than bred from captive stock.
（动物）野生抓获的
a zoo known to have bought wild-caught gorillas on the black market
Example sentencesExamples
Commonly, farmed fish require wild-caught fish as fish feed, further depleting wild stocks.
Gallinaceous birds seem to be ideal model hosts for this kind of experimental study because wild-caught birds can be bred and raised in captivity and released successfully into wild populations.
His organization opposes the trade in wild-caught birds because of conservation and cruelty concerns, but he warns of its health hazards as well.
They were wild-caught birds from Ecuador and Peru which either were released or escaped after being imported as pets.
Therefore, I measured the average extraction rate of each species separately using wild-caught birds that I put into a large aviary.