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lactiferous

How many syllables in lactiferous?

  4 syllables

Divide lactiferous into syllables:   lac-tif-er-ous
Stressed syllable in lactiferous:   lac-tif-er-ous
How to pronounce lactiferous:   lak-tif-er-us
How to say lactiferous:

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