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heterocercal

How many syllables in heterocercal?

  5 syllables

Divide heterocercal into syllables:   het-er-o-cer-cal
Primary syllable stress:   het-er-o-cer-cal
Secondary syllable stress:   het-er-o-cer-cal
How to pronounce heterocercal:   het-er-uh-sur-kal
How to say heterocercal:

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What rhymes with heterocercal

2 syllables
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