Tadpole Haiku
Today tadpoles irrupted
Into the dark pond.
As hungry goldfish circled. 
posted by Mike at 11:51 PM
Sunday, April 10, 2005
Today tadpoles irrupted
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3 Comments:
It's "erupted".
ir·rupt (ĭ-rŭpt') pronunciation
intr.v., -rupt·ed, -rupt·ing, -rupts.
1. To break or burst in.
2. Ecology. To increase rapidly and irregularly in number: In the absence of predators, the island's rodent population irrupted.
[Latin irrumpere, irrupt- : in-, in; see in–2 + rumpere, to break.]
ir·rup'tion n.
The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition Copyright © 2004, 2000 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved.
irruption
1) a forcible or violent rush; a breaking in
2) of a natural population: a sudden upsurge in numbers
3) eruption
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