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herpetology

How many syllables in herpetology?

  5 syllables

Divide herpetology into syllables:   her-pe-tol-o-gy
Primary syllable stress:   her-pe-tol-o-gy
Secondary syllable stress:   her-pe-tol-o-gy
How to pronounce herpetology:   hur-pi-tol-uh-jee
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