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pond scum

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pond scum, accumulation of floating green algae algae (ăl`jē) [plural of Lat. alga=seaweed], a large and diverse group of primarily aquatic plantlike organisms.
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 on the surface of stagnant or slowly moving waters, such as ponds and reservoirs. One of the commonest forms is Spirogyra.


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We're talking about pond scum here, a hardy colonizer.
We went to get some pond scum to look at it under the microscopes.
Prowling beneath a thick carpet of lily pads and pond scum are Channa argus, freaky-looking fish better known as northern snakeheads (see above).
 
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