Usually means: Algae floating on water surface.
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We found 21 dictionaries that define the word pond scum:

General (16 matching dictionaries)
  1. pond scum: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. pond scum: Merriam-Webster
  3. pond scum: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. pond scum: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. pond scum: Collins English Dictionary
  6. pond scum: Vocabulary.com
  7. pond-scum: Wordnik
  8. pond scum: Wiktionary
  9. pond scum: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  10. pond scum: Infoplease Dictionary
  11. pond scum: Dictionary.com
  12. Pond scum: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
  13. pond scum: Rhymezone
  14. pond scum: FreeDictionary.org
  15. pond scum: Mnemonic Dictionary
  16. pond scum: TheFreeDictionary.com

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pond scum: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. pond scum: Medical dictionary

Slang (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. pond scum: Green’s Dictionary of Slang
  2. pond scum: Urban Dictionary

Tech (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Lake and Water Word Glossary (No longer online)

(Note: See pond_scums as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (pond scum)

noun:  Algae, especially when growing on the surface of a pond.
noun:  (figuratively) Worthless, insignificant person or people.

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