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carnivorous

How many syllables in carnivorous?

  4 syllables

Divide carnivorous into syllables:   car-niv-o-rous
Stressed syllable in carnivorous:   car-niv-o-rous
How to pronounce carnivorous:   kahr-niv-er-us
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