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insectivorous

How many syllables in insectivorous?

  5 syllables

Divide insectivorous into syllables:   in-sec-tiv-o-rous
Primary syllable stress:   in-sec-tiv-o-rous
Secondary syllable stress:   in-sec-tiv-o-rous
How to pronounce insectivorous:   in-sek-tiv-er-us
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