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cetacean

How many syllables in cetacean?

  3 syllables

Divide cetacean into syllables:   ce-ta-cean
Stressed syllable in cetacean:   ce-ta-cean
How to pronounce cetacean:   si-tey-shun
How to say cetacean:

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