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fossiliferous

How many syllables in fossiliferous?

  5 syllables

Divide fossiliferous into syllables:   fos-sil-if-er-ous
Primary syllable stress:   fos-sil-if-er-ous
Secondary syllable stress:   fos-sil-if-er-ous
How to pronounce fossiliferous:   fos-uh-lif-er-us
How to say fossiliferous:

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