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foxtail

How many syllables in foxtail?

  2 syllables

Divide foxtail into syllables:   fox-tail
Primary syllable stress:   fox-tail
Secondary syllable stress:   fox-tail
How to pronounce foxtail:   foks-teyl
How to say foxtail:

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