POND SCUM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Free-floating freshwater green algae

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Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("pond scum" is a kind of...):

chlorophyte; green algae (algae that are clear green in color; often growing on wet ricks or damp wood or the surface of stagnant water)

Holonyms ("pond scum" is a member of...):

family Zygnemataceae; Zygnemataceae (pond scums: common freshwater algae forming green slimy masses)

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