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In relation to animals (using reptiles as an example) it means the 'parents' were wild-caught (as opposed to being bred in captivity) but the babies were born soon after the parents were caught - probably because the female was already gravid when collected. This is in contrast to babies that were captive bred - in that the parents were already products of previous generations bred in captivity.
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