pond life

noun

1. the animals that live in ponds
2. stupid or despicable people

Example Sentences

Nadya Mirochnitchenko, the ecologist for Ealing Beaver Project, says the beavers help to keep more water on the site: "They are creating more of a wetland area as compared to a more drier area. And that has a lot of benefits for different biodiversity including pond life, birds, insects, bats, newts and frogs. So there is a lot of biodiversity benefits that the beavers can bring."

From BBC

The lake is in a former clay pit and is usually well-stocked with carp, tench, bream, perch, pike and chub, along with the usual pond life of newts, frogs and toads, plus birdlife including ducks, coots, water hens and swans.

From The Guardian

He was examining some plates in The Atlas of Microscopic Pond Life.

From Literature

But if the conditions of the pond are such that the algae begins to crowd out other kinds of pond life and ecological processes, then it creates an environment in which nothing but algae can thrive, and so more algae leads to yet more.

From Salon

"Don't relegate all of us to a two-hour slot that you seem to regard as a place to put pond life," he said.

From BBC